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The Capabilities of Digital Platforms as the Maintenance of Conventional Equilibrium: The Cases of Uber and Blablacar
[Les capacités des plateformes numériques comme maintien de l’équilibre conventionnel : les cas de Uber et Blablacar]

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  • Mathilde Abel

    (USN LLCSE - Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 - UFR Langues, Littératures, Cultures et Sociétés Étrangères - Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, ICEE - ICEE - Intégration et Coopération dans l'Espace Européen - Etudes Européennes - EA 2291 - Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3)

Abstract

This article analyses the capabilities of digital platforms from an economics of convention perspective. This approach allows us, on one hand, to consider two-sided markets as exchange conventions arranged by platforms through a triangulation process, and on the other hand, to define their capabilities as being cognitive and based on socio-technical devices. Based on two case studies from the passenger transport sector, Uber and Blablacar, we show that the search for a level of equilibrium and a test of this level constitute, jointly, the conditions for the exploitation of two-sided markets, and that the organizational control of these conditions forges the capabilities of digital platforms. We built a taxonomy of capabilities and detail the two organizations capabilities. JEL Codes: L22, D25, L86, L91

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  • Mathilde Abel, 2022. "The Capabilities of Digital Platforms as the Maintenance of Conventional Equilibrium: The Cases of Uber and Blablacar [Les capacités des plateformes numériques comme maintien de l’équilibre convent," Post-Print hal-04456967, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04456967
    DOI: 10.3917/inno.pr2.0132
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    Keywords

    Plateforme numérique; Marché biface; Effets de réseaux; Economie des conventions; Capacités numériques;
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    JEL classification:

    • L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
    • D25 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Intertemporal Firm Choice: Investment, Capacity, and Financing
    • L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
    • L91 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Transportation: General

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