“…Our contribution is also related to prior research work on competition between two platforms with different standalone value or between firms with different installed base and compatibility (Adner, Chen, & Zhu, 2020;Casadesus-Masanell & Ruiz-Aliseda, 2008;J. Chen, Doraszelski, & Harrington, 2009;Cremer & Thisse, 1991;Doganoglu & Wright, 2006;Farrell & Klemperer, 2007;Malueg & Schwartz, 2006;Maruyama & Zennyo, 2013;Viecens, 2011). We derive some novel results by focusing on studying platforms' incentives for data and information sharing.…”