Resource integration capabilities to enable platform complementarity in healthcare service ecosystem co-creation
ISSN: 1746-5265
Article publication date: 27 September 2022
Issue publication date: 30 September 2022
Abstract
Purpose
Covid has increased the usage of multisided digital platforms. For companies, this has become a business opportunity. Data usage on platforms requires that platform companies co-create services for common customers. In this case, the target is not to make the same value proposition but rather to use the resources such as data, knowledge, technology, or institutions in a complementary manner. Platforms are characterized as a combination of hardware and software including standards, interfaces, and rules making it possible for different ecosystem players to complement and interact in the ecosystem. Current ecosystems include several platforms that do not work without resource integration. The purpose of this study is to increase understanding what do we mean by resource complementarity in service ecosystems.
Design/methodology/approach
This study was done via an in-depth qualitative case study in which a health service ecosystem co-creating technological surgery innovation was used as a unit of analysis.
Findings
The authors’ findings suggest that key resource capabilities, to enable complementarity in service ecosystems, are motivation, knowledge, skills, data and complementary designed technology components.
Research limitations/implications
The authors’ study increases theoretical understanding of what does one mean by construct of resource complementarity.
Practical implications
From a managerial perspective, it is shown that organizations need to develop adaptive capabilities to utilize internal and external competencies and resources and enable co-creative processes within the service ecosystem.
Originality/value
Very few empirical studies in the marketing literature have focused on multi-sided digital platforms and their resource complementarity in the data-driven healthcare ecosystem settings.
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Acknowledgements
This research was done as a part of Business Finland project called Icory. Million thanks for Business Finland and all collaborators to make this work possible.
Citation
Pikkarainen, M., Kemppainen, L., Xu, Y., Jansson, M., Ahokangas, P., Koivumäki, T., Hong Gu, H. and Francis Gomes, J. (2022), "Resource integration capabilities to enable platform complementarity in healthcare service ecosystem co-creation", Baltic Journal of Management, Vol. 17 No. 5, pp. 688-704. https://doi.org/10.1108/BJM-11-2021-0436
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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