The shift to a networked global economy highlights the pivotal role of digital platforms. Drawing on an institutional logic perspective, our conceptual paper explores the categorical elements for analysing the material and symbolic dimensions underpinning the two contrasting market and community logics in digital platforms. Focusing on Chinese digital platforms as hybrid organizations, we develop a conceptual framework to explore how they can manage these two competing institutional logics for achieving legitimacy, effective governance, and sustainable development in the pursuit of digital transformation.
Wang et al. (2025) studied this question.