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App Store, Marketplace, Play! An Analysis of Multi-Homing in Mobile Software Ecosystems

Year: 2012

Type: preprint

Abstract: Multi-homing, a strategy where a developer is publishing products for multiple platforms, is studied in this paper using descriptive analysis. The data of over 850,000 applications and their developers were collected from Apple App Store, Google Play, and Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace. The developers publishing for several software ecosystems were then identified. The findings show that multi-homing is utilized by only a small set of developers. In addition, the applications available at several platforms do not seem to differ by the type or the popularity from single-homing applications.

Source: SSRN Electronic Journal

DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.1.2540.5524

Authors: Hyrynsalmi, Sami, Mäkilä, Tuomas, Järvi, Antero, Arho Suominen, Seppänen, Marko, Knuutila, Timo

Institutions: University of Turku, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tampere University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Digital Platforms and Economics

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1562583335

Cites: 19

Cited by: 38

Related to: 10