PhD defence: Erol Kazan

In order to obtain the PhD degree, Erol Kazan has submitted his thesis entitled:
 
Towards a Disruptive Digital Platform Model
 
Digital platforms are layered modular information technology architectures that support disruption. Digital platforms are particularly disruptive, as they facilitate the quick release of digital innovations that may replace established innovations. Yet, despite their support for disruption, we have not fully understood how such digital platforms can be strategically designed and configured to facilitate disruption. To that end, this thesis endeavors to unravel disruptive digital platforms from the supply perspective that are grounded on strategic digital platform design elements. I suggest that digital platforms leverage on three strategic design elements (i.e., business, architecture, and technology design) to create supportive conditions for facilitating disruption. To shed light on disruptive digital platforms, I opted for payment platforms as my empirical context and unit of analysis. Through primary and secondary data sources, findings suggest that digital platforms with an Analyzer and Prospector strategy profile have favorable conditions to facilitate disruption. It is envisioned that insights gleaned from multiple cases will contribute towards bridging existing knowledge gaps in strategic management, digital platforms, and open innovation literature.

Primary Supervisor:
Professor and Head of Department Jan Damsgaard
Department of Digitalization
Copenhagen Business School
Secondary Supervisors:
Professor MSO Chee-Wee Tan
Department of Digitalization
Copenhagen Business School
 
Assessment Committee:
Associate professor Stefan Henningsson (chair)
Department of Digitalization
Copenhagen Business School
 
Professor Daniel Veit
Department of Business Administration
University of Augsburg
 
Professor Robin Teigland
Department of Marketing and Strategy
Stockholm School of Economics
 
Thesis:
The thesis will be available here
 
Reception:
The Doctoral School of Business and Management will host a reception, which will take place immediately after the defence in the reception area outside of the defence room at Kilevej 14A, 2000 Frederiksberg.
Organised by The Doctoral School of Business and Management
 

Time and place:
25 June 2018, 13.00 – 15.00
Copenhagen Business School
Kilevej 14A
2000 Frederiksberg
Room: Ks54