Abstract:

The normal regulation of the platform economy is of great significance, which will promote the healthy and sustainable development of the industry. Choosing the regulatory path in the context of normal regulation has become a hot issue. Based on the theory of social technology, this paper constructs a four-dimensional analytical framework of subject-structure-task-technology. Through a configuration analysis of the regulatory path cases of 17 platforms, this paper shows that, as antecedent conditions, multiple participation, institution establishment and rule construction, transaction openness and data openness cannot independently affect the regulatory performance level of the platform economy. “System leading”“subject-technology” and “society-technology” interactions are the three main configuration paths that affect the effect of platform economic supervision. Through the construction of human-machine collaborative panoramic supervision under value co-creation and the dynamic adaptive supervision model under agile governance, the regulatory efficiency of the platform economy can be effectively improved.

Key words: platform economy, normalized supervision, social technology systems, regulatory path, configuration analysis