Evaluation of the use of inter-company platform relations

Ural Institute of Management RANEPA, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Abstract

The research objective of this study is to systematize the experience of organizing digital platforms in the field of inter-company relations to assess the level of their use by Russian enterprises. The research is based on a methodological generalization of published scientific results and an empirical analysis of general trends in the development of the organization of inter-firm interaction based on digital platforms among manufacturing enterprises. The obtained results showed the presence of several types of digital platforms used for the organization of inter-company relations. The practice of Russian enterprises is dominated by simpler platform solutions aimed at increasing the transactional efficiency of inter-firm interactions, allowing their participants to achieve positive effects associated with an increase in the number of counterparties, an increase in sales, a reduction in risks and transaction costs of interaction with counterparties. It is concluded that the possibility of achieving more significant transformational effects is associated with the development of technological ecosystems of platforms, which requires the participating enterprises to significantly transform business processes based on costly investments in capital-intensive and technologically complex solutions.