Dr Vladimir Sobota

  • Lecturer in Strategy (Management)

Biography

Dr. Vladimir Sobota is a Lecturer in Strategy at the Adam Smith Business School.

Vladimir’s research interests lie in management and strategy of technological innovations, with a particular focus on platforms and ecosystems. Vladimir currently investigates how positioning strategies of the platform organisation align or disperse participants in the ecosystem. Vladimir also studies platforms that are used to orchestrate efforts to address societal problems such as grand challenges, and how such a societal problem-orientation affects platform strategy and design. Beyond his core focus on platform ecosystems, Vladimir has explored mission-oriented innovation policy and labor economics.

Vladimir’s research has been published in Industrial and Corporate Change, Technovation, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Vladimir is a co-chair of the mini-track ‘Managing Platforms and Ecosystems’ at the Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).

Previously, Vladimir served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Delft University of Technology, where he also earned his PhD. He holds a background in and Management of Technology (M.Sc.) and Maritime Engineering (B.Eng.).

Research interests

Areas of expertise:

  • Platform ecosystems
  • Digitalisation, platformisation
  • Technology and innovation management
  • Differentiation, positioning, AI-generated content & positioning
  • Strategic mobilisation of language
  • Grand challenge resolution
  • Signaling

Publications

Prior publications

Conference Proceedings

Vladimir C. M. Sobota, Martijn Wiarda, Tom B.J. Coenen, Roland J. Ortt (2025) How Can Platform Ecosystems Support Mission-Specific Innovation Systems? Vladimir C. M. Sobota.

Rothe, H., Still, K., Huhtamäki, J., Sobota, V. (2024) Dynamics and Impacts of Platforms and Ecosystems: An Introduction for HICSS-57 Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 9780998133171 ISSN 15301605

Sobota, V.C.M., Ortt, R.J., van de Kaa, G., van Beers, C. (2023) Optimal Distinctiveness: The Role of Platform Size and Identity Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 9780998133164 ISSN 15301605

Sobota, V.C.M., van de Kaa, G., de Reuver, M., Prajapati, R. (2022) Complementor Participation in Platforms: Evidence from the 7th and 8th Generations of Video Game Consoles Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 9780998133157 ISSN 15301605

Sobota, V.C.M., Ortt, R.J., van de Kaa, G., van Beers, C. (2022) What's the tally? An Investigation into the Field(s) of Dominant Designs and Platforms Scopus - Elsevier. ISBN 9780998133157 ISSN 15301605

Article

Vladimir C M Sobota, Servaas Storm, Cees van Beers (2024) The productivity effects of labor market deregulation: evidence from German firms during 2010–2019 Crossref. (doi: 10.1093/icc/dtae024)

Wiarda, M., Sobota, V.C.M., Janssen, M.J., van de Kaa, G., Yaghmaei, E., Doorn, N. (2023) Public participation in mission-oriented innovation projects Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00401625 (doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122538)

Mosterd, L., Sobota, V.C.M., van de Kaa, G., Ding, A.Y., de Reuver, M. (2021) Context dependent trade-offs around platform-to-platform openness: The case of the Internet of Things Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 01664972 (doi: 10.1016/j.technovation.2021.102331)

Sobota, V.C.M., van de Kaa, G., Luomaranta, T., Martinsuo, M., Ortt, J.R. (2020) Factors for metal additive manufacturing technology selection Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 1741038X (doi: 10.1108/JMTM-12-2019-0448)

Other

Sobota, V.C.M., Storm, S.T.H., van Beers, C.P. (2022) The Productivity Effects of Labour Market Deregulation: Evidence from 4,204 German Firms (2009-2017) Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 15565068 (doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4161501)

Teaching

  • Digital Transformation
  • Innovation Management

Professional activities & recognition

Professional & learned societies

  • 2020: Member, Academy of Management

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