Not only big techs matter: digital platformisation and regional structural changes
提出了一个理解数字平台化如何导致区域结构性变化的框架,超越了仅关注大型科技公司和独角兽企业的局限,分析了工业巨头拥有的数字平台对区域格局的影响。
The paper provides a framework to understand the observed and expected regional structural changes caused by the increasing trend towards digital platformisation in our economies. It suggests going beyond the search for the spatial effects of digital platforms, which to date are typically focused on big techs and highly visible unicorns, with little attention paid to the rise of digital platforms owned by industrial incumbents. A more comprehensive taxonomy of digital platforms is proposed, and the discussion addresses the diverse expected location patterns and regional structural changes that challenge the idea that digital capitalism would be inevitably shaped by a few ‘winners-take-all’ regions.