在現代的平台基礎生態系（platform-based ecosystem）中，供應鏈呈現多邊網絡結構的合作模式，企業能自主選擇合作夥伴以發展成互補財廠商（例如，品牌廠商與代工廠商），互補財廠商經由緊密合作帶來更多創新，並根據平台技術發展互補性資產（complementary asset）來獲取更高價值。在平台基礎生態系中，由平台廠商控制著平台技術和標準發展，與互補財廠商之間形成權力不平衡。為了要應對權力不平衡，必須建立與平台廠商之間更高的互補性，形成雙向依存的合作關係。此模式不僅有助於降低互補財廠商與平台廠商之間的權力不平衡，亦有助於讓互補財廠商得以在平台基礎生態系的分工合作中享有更高的決策權（decision making rights）。
本研究將品牌廠商與代工廠商視為使用平台業者的技術資源來合作進行新產品開發的互補財廠商。依據平台發展，（一）平台資源往往定義出新產品的核心概念，以及（二）平台資源促使決定新產品的結構設計。本研究發現，品牌廠商與代工廠商會傾向與平台業者建立起雙向依存，並且藉此分別來獲取屬於核心概念與結構設計的平台資源來提高分工中的決策權。換言之，本研究提出互補財廠商之間在進行合作時候的決策權之分配，取決於雙方從平台業者得以獲得多少平台資源的程度。
本研究採用資源依存理論（resource dependence theory）來探討液晶電視產業中平台廠商(系統單晶片SoC廠商)與互補財廠商（品牌廠商與代工廠商）所構成的平台基礎生態系之中，平台資源獲取的差異如何影響互補財廠商於分工合作的決策權分配。過去研究聚焦互補財廠商與平台廠商如何降低資源依存以減少權力不平衡，缺乏探討從三方(品牌廠商與代工廠商及平台業者)合作關係中如何增加相互依存從而影響決策權。本研究亦是能夠提供以技術平台發展的代工產業與其它企業建立起合作關係時候的一個重要參考框架。

In modern platform-based ecosystems, companies like brand manufacturers act as complementors by leveraging platform technologies to innovate and develop complementary assets. These assets drive innovation and allow complementors to capture more value, but platform providers often control the development of technology and standards, creating a power imbalance. To address this imbalance, establishing bidirectional dependency is crucial. This mutual dependency fosters collaboration, enhances complementarity, reduces power disparities, and enables complementors to gain greater decision-making rights. Brand manufacturers rely on platform resources for defining core product concepts and guiding structural design decisions, and their access to these resources significantly affects their decision-making power within the ecosystem.

The study shows that maintaining high complementarity is essential for sustaining competitiveness in platform-based ecosystems. If complementarity is not reinforced, the ecosystem risks stagnation, limiting innovation. Complementors must develop specialized assets that are uniquely valuable to the platform provider, strengthening their influence over product development and decision-making processes. Using resource dependence theory, the study examines how differences in platform resource acquisition impact decision-making rights in the LCD television industry. It reveals that those with greater access to platform resources gain more influence, while those with limited access remain under the control of platform providers. The research highlights the importance of mutual dependency and complementarity in forming strong partnerships, emphasizing that specialized complementary assets enable complementors to enhance their decision-making power and position within the ecosystem.

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