Dear colleagues,
On behalf of Industry and Innovation, we would like to bring to your attention the sixth issue of the journal in 2023.
This issue includes articles that will be of great interest for anyone who works on digitalization and the role of platforms, documenting the rise of the digital service economy in Europe, the functioning of governance mechanisms in digital labour platforms, the consequences of smart specialization strategies in China, as well as the competitive challenges associated to platform participation.
We hope you will enjoy the reading:
The rise of the digital service economy in European regions
Roberta Capello, Camilla Lenzi & Elisa Panzera
Automated governance mechanisms in digital labour platforms: how Uber nudges and sludges its drivers
Bilgehan Uzunca & Judith Kas
Innovation platforms as a tool for anchoring non-local knowledge: smart specialisation strategies in Guangdong, China
Marcus Conlé, Tobias ten Brink & Wei Zhao
Platform participants hedging risk: post-alliance technology search of a platform participant and a rival platform
Hyun Ju Jung
Best regards,
Alessandra Perri and Vera Rocha
Co-Editors-in-Chief, Industry and Innovation
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Alessandra Perri
Luiss Business School & Dept. Business and Management, Luiss University
Rome
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