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   "text": "Building interface modules as reusable open source components lets future requesters build new modules on existing ones, which generates network effects within the platform.",
   "abstract": "All open source software components of modules are reusable and enable future requesters to build new modules on existing ones, enabling superior network effects within the Semada Platform.",
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   "text": "APIs dissolve traditional value-chain hierarchies because a company can obtain features more cheaply and more easily by connecting separate products through APIs than by controlling the entire value chain itself.",
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