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Decolonization of Digital Platforms: A Research Agenda for GREAT Domains

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Digital platforms are transforming commerce practice. Technology is not separate from the socio-cultural environment in which it is used and, thus, platforms mostly capture and imbue values of their origins in the west. As digital platforms are “migrated” outside the west, western values intrinsically embedded in the digital platforms are also unknowingly imposed around the world. However, research from western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) contexts does not necessarily generalize to the rest of the world. Instead, examining research phenomena on digital platforms anew in growing, rural, eastern, aspirational, transitional (GREAT) contexts is necessary. In this chapter, we highlight the need and pathways for decolonization of digital platforms research in GREAT domains.

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  1. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, 2404 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA

    Prasanna Karhade

  2. Indian School of Business, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500 111, Telangana, India

    Abhishek Kathuria

  3. Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Sadashivanagar, Bengaluru, 560 080, India

    Anuttama Dasgupta

  4. The University of Hong Kong, K. K. Leung Building, Lung Fu Shan, Hong Kong

    Ojaswi Malik

  5. Goizueta Business School, Emory University, 1300 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA

    Benn R. Konsynski

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  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA

    Aravinda Garimella

  2. University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Prasanna Karhade

  3. Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India

    Abhishek Kathuria

  4. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

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  5. Bentley University, Waltham, MA, USA

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Karhade, P., Kathuria, A., Dasgupta, A., Malik, O., Konsynski, B.R. (2021). Decolonization of Digital Platforms: A Research Agenda for GREAT Domains. In: Garimella, A., Karhade, P., Kathuria, A., Liu, X., Xu, J., Zhao, K. (eds) The Role of e-Business during the Time of Grand Challenges. WeB 2020. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 418. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79454-5_5

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