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Designing successful API strategies
ISSN
10.13140/RG.2.2.29624.88322
Type
monograph
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
Research Team
IWI6, Crowdsourcing, CCC
Abstract (De)
In recent years, many firms have launched public Application Programing Interfaces (APIs). Through APIs, digital business strategies are enacted. Firms, however, struggle with how to successfully design APIs. In this report, we address this issue by identifying API strategy archetypes and describe typical scenarios for their application. Based on desk research, we identify ten elements that determine business-oriented API design. We report the results of a cluster analysis of 96 randomly sampled and coded APIs. We identify three archetypes of API-enabled service innovation that are characterized by distinct configurations of API elements: Integrator, Free Data Provider and Mediator.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to practical use / society
HSG Profile Area
SoM - Business Innovation
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
257078