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Growing Platforms by Adding Complementors Without a Contract

Raveesh Mayya
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Raveesh Mayya
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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1248-712X
Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012
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Zhuoxin Li
Zhuoxin Li
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4687-4913
Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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Corresponding Author

Raveesh Mayya

[email protected]

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1248-712X

Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, New York 10012

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Zhuoxin Li

[email protected]

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4687-4913

Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

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Published Online:20 Feb 2025https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2023.0237

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cover image Information Systems Research

Volume 36, Issue 3

September 2025

Pages iv-xii, 1269-1947, iii

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Received:April 21, 2023
Accepted:August 24, 2024
Published Online:February 20, 2025

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Raveesh Mayya, Zhuoxin Li (2025) Growing Platforms by Adding Complementors Without a Contract. Information Systems Research 36(3):1670-1690.

https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2023.0237

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Acknowledgments

R. Mayya sincerely thanks Yuxin Geng for his valuable help. The authors sincerely thank the senior editor, the associate editor, and three anonymous reviewers for their constructive engagement during the review process.