複雜產品系統生態系的結構創造與結構控制

The research on platform and ecosystem believes that the standard and modular architecture will promote the formation of a loosely coupled interfirm division of labor in the ecosystem. The telecommunication system analyzed in this study is complex products and systems (CoPS). Firms' development of technical standards will enable different telecommunication systems to have compatibility and become the platform providers in the ecosystem. However, platform providers often face the paradox of technical standards; that is, standards can create the value of the interfirm division of labor for the ecosystem but may also reduce platform providers' ability to control the ecosystem. This study analyzes how firms participating in the 3^(rd) Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard-setting organizations can improve the capabilities of architectural creation and control. This study also proposes that the higher the degree of architectural creation, the more architectural control needs to be enhanced to consolidate themselves as the platform providers in a complex products and systems ecosystem.