Understanding Partnering Strategies in the Low-Code Platform Ecosystem
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Authors
Low-code platforms (LCPs) allow the development, testing, and deployment of software applications with minimal manual coding by using pre-built software components and visual design tools. LCPs frequently enter into technology partnerships to offer extensive capabilities required for software development. In this study, we identify and characterize these technology partnerships to understand and develop the structure of the LCP ecosystem. We model the LCP ecosystem and identify nine types of technology partnerships. In doing so, we advance our understanding in three key areas: (1) provide insight into the evolving LCP ecosystem, (2) reveal that LCP vendors use various technological partnerships and strategies across different capability areas with varying partner network sizes and capability compositions, and (3) demonstrate the value of ecosystem visualization. Collectively, our findings can help LCP users and developers to understand the foundational, competitive, and niche partnership strategies and enable LCP vendors to innovate and collaborate effectively.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences : Hilton Waikoloa Village, January 7-10, 2025 |
Editors | Tung X. Bui |
Number of pages | 10 |
Place of Publication | Honolulu |
Publisher | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
Publication date | 2025 |
Pages | 6226-6235 |
ISBN (electronic) | 978-0-9981331-8-8 |
Publication status | Published - 2025 |
Event | 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - HICSS 2025 - Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, United States Duration: 07.01.2025 → 10.01.2025 Conference number: 58 |
- Business informatics - Low-code platforms, software ecosystem, inter-firm collaboration, visualization