Designing Digital Platforms as Generative Systems Through the Lens of Complex Adaptive Systems Theory

Kovacevic-Opacic, L; Marjanovic, O

Designing Digital Platforms as Generative Systems Through the Lens of Complex Adaptive Systems Theory

Kovacevic-Opacic, L Marjanovic, O

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Publisher:: IEEE Computer Society
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2024, pp. 6330-6339
Issue Date:: 2024-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Kovacevic-Opacic, L
dc.contributor.author	Marjanovic, O
dc.date.accessioned	2025-02-18T22:57:42Z
dc.date.available	2025-02-18T22:57:42Z
dc.date.issued	2024-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2024, pp. 6330-6339
dc.identifier.issn	1530-1605
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/185179
dc.description.abstract	As digital platforms continue to gain momentum, there is a pressing need for a better conceptualization of the ways these generative systems emerge through a deliberate, ongoing design. This design, we claim, is very different from more traditional approaches to Information Systems (IS) design with pre-defined requirements and the known end-goal. Instead, digital platforms are continuingly emerging, in response to changes in their organizational and wider contexts, through mutually shaping co-evolution. Focusing on a lesser-explored research area of internal digital platforms, in this paper we describe a case study of a novel digital platform designed through deliberate design and emergence. Based on our research findings, observed through the lens of the Complex Adaptive Systems theory, we propose a set of design principles for designing digital platforms as generative systems and discuss their practical implications.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	IEEE Computer Society
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.24251/hicss.2023.759
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	Designing Digital Platforms as Generative Systems Through the Lens of Complex Adaptive Systems Theory
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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Abstract:

As digital platforms continue to gain momentum, there is a pressing need for a better conceptualization of the ways these generative systems emerge through a deliberate, ongoing design. This design, we claim, is very different from more traditional approaches to Information Systems (IS) design with pre-defined requirements and the known end-goal. Instead, digital platforms are continuingly emerging, in response to changes in their organizational and wider contexts, through mutually shaping co-evolution. Focusing on a lesser-explored research area of internal digital platforms, in this paper we describe a case study of a novel digital platform designed through deliberate design and emergence. Based on our research findings, observed through the lens of the Complex Adaptive Systems theory, we propose a set of design principles for designing digital platforms as generative systems and discuss their practical implications.

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