Equilibrium Innovation Ecosystems: The Dark Side of Collaborating with Complementors
Summary. Firms selling complementary products increasingly collaborate to improve system quality, but this cooperation creates a prisoner's dilemma in saturated markets. While collaboration reduces investment costs and generates more total value, firms capture no greater share of that value relative to competitors, reducing overall profitability. The paper examines how open versus closed interfaces affect firm strategy and platform emergence in competitive environments.
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Mantovani, A., & Ruiz‐Aliseda, F.. (2015). Equilibrium Innovation Ecosystems: The Dark Side of Collaborating with Complementors. Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.2140
Mantovani, Andrea, and Francisco Ruiz‐Aliseda. “Equilibrium Innovation Ecosystems: The Dark Side of Collaborating with Complementors.” Management Science, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.2140.
Mantovani, Andrea, and Francisco Ruiz‐Aliseda. 2015. “Equilibrium Innovation Ecosystems: The Dark Side of Collaborating with Complementors.” Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.2140.
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title = {Equilibrium Innovation Ecosystems: The Dark Side of Collaborating with Complementors},
author = {Andrea Mantovani and Francisco Ruiz‐Aliseda},
journal = {Management Science},
year = {2015},
doi = {10.1287/mnsc.2014.2140},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.2140}
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TY - JOUR TI - Equilibrium Innovation Ecosystems: The Dark Side of Collaborating with Complementors AU - Andrea Mantovani AU - Francisco Ruiz‐Aliseda JO - Management Science PY - 2015 DO - 10.1287/mnsc.2014.2140 UR - https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.2140 ER -
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- DOI
- 10.1287/mnsc.2014.2140
- Countries
- Italy, France
- Regions
- Europe
- Categories
- innovation-networks, innovation-theory, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28