Analyzing Dynamic Capabilities in the Context of Cloud Platform Ecosystems

Kevin Rudolph

doi:10.5771/9783828868830

Summary

Dynamic capabilities (DCs) refer to a firm’s abilities to continuously adapt its resource base in order to respond to changes in its external environment. The capability to change dynamically is crucial in business ecosystems that are composed of a variety of actors. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the leader in the cloud platform industry, is a promising cloud platform provider (CPP) to show a high degree of dynamic capability fulfillment within its highly fluctuating ecosystem. To date, the full scope of dynamic capabilities in cloud platform ecosystems (CPEs) has not been fully understood. Previous work has failed to deliver a combined perspective of explicit dynamic capabilities in cloud platform ecosystems applied on an in-depth practical case. With our mixed-method case study on the AWS ecosystem we deliver a thorough understanding of its sensing, seizing and transforming capabilities. We generate a set of strategy management frameworks that support our expectations and lead to unexpected insights. We find out that AWS develops and holds a large set of interacting dynamic capabilities incorporating a variety of ecosystem actors in order to sustain tremendous customer value and satisfaction. The thesis infers significant theoretical and practical implications for all CPE actors, like partners, customers, investors and researchers in the field of IT strategy management.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2017
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8288-4054-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8288-6883-0
Publisher: Tectum, Baden-Baden
Series: Wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus dem Tectum Verlag: Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Volume: 84
Language: German
Pages: 212
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis Partial access Pages 1 - 10 Download chapter (PDF)
1. 1.1 List of figures No access
2. 1.2 List of tables No access
3. 1.3 List of charts No access
4. 1.4 List of abbreviations No access
5. 1.5 Appendix overview No access
1. 2.1 Motivation and problem area No access
2. 2.2 Related work No access
3. 2.3 Research questions No access
4. 2.4 Thesis structure No access
1. 3.1 Theoretical background No access
2. 3.2 Cloud platform ecosystems No access
3. 3.3 Dynamic capabilities No access
4. 3.4 Dynamic capabilities in the context of platforms No access
5. 3.5 Specification of research questions No access
6. 3.6 Expectations No access
1. 4.1 Case study research No access
2. 4.2 Method overview No access
1. 5.1 Introduction No access
2. 5.2 Case preparation No access
3. 5.3 Data collection No access
4. 5.4 Data conversion No access
5. 5.5 Case study analysis and results No access
1. 6.1 Theoretical implications No access
2. 6.2 Managerial implications No access
3. 6.3 An integrated framework of DCs within CPEs No access
4. 6.4 Quality of the study No access
5. 6.5 Main findings No access
6. 6.6 Limitations and future research No access
7. Conclusion No access Pages 101 - 102
8. References No access Pages 103 - 110
1. 9.1 Appendix A: Case study database No access
2. 9.2 Appendix B: Extracts No access