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  • 14 May 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Quantity vs. Quality and Exclusion by Two-Sided Platforms

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu; Video Game; Web Services
  • 09 Dec 2015
  • Research Event

When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms

application developers turn to the App Store for digital distribution. The platform providers are their selling partners, scraping off a little bit for themselves on each sale. It’s a great arrangement for small businesses—until their... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Technology; Web Services

    Social Strategies That Work

    Over a billion people use social platforms on the Internet, making them the most frequently visited category of sites. Some platforms, such as eHarmony, MeetUp, and Twitter, allow us to connect to strangers. eHarmony alone is estimated to account for one in six new... View Details
    • 9 AM – 9 AM EST, 07 Nov 2018

    HBX Disruptive Strategy

    Make innovation a reality with strategies from two-time Worlds Most Innovative Business Thinker, Clayton Christensen. Program Dates: November 7, 2018 - December 19, 2018 View Details
    • 16 Apr 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Strategy and the Internet

    comes to reinforcing a distinctive strategy, tailoring activities, and enhancing fit, the Internet actually provides a better technological platform than previous generations of IT. Indeed, IT worked against View Details
    Keywords: by Michael E. Porter
    • 09 Sep 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Quantity vs. Quality: Exclusion by Platforms with Network Effects

    Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu; Technology
    • May–June 2021
    • Article

    Capturing Value in Platform Business Models that Rely on User-Generated Content

    By: Hemang Subramanian, Sabyasachi Mitra and Sam Ransbotham
    Business models increasingly depend on inputs from outside traditional organizational boundaries. For example, platforms that generate revenue from advertising, subscription, or referral fees often rely on user-generated content (UGC). But there is considerable... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Network Effects; Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Risk and Uncertainty
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    • September 2021 (Revised December 2021)
    • Case

    Telepass: From Tolling to Mobility Platform

    By: Chiara Farronato, Stefano Denicolai and Sarah Mehta
    Telepass, until very recently the sole processor of electronic toll payments on Italy’s highways, has ambitions beyond tolling. Since the mid-2010s, the company has been expanding into adjacent services. In 2017, Telepass launched TelepassPay—a mobile payment... View Details
    Keywords: Mobile Payment; App; Mobility Services; Analysis; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Innovation and Invention; Strategy; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Transportation; Transportation Networks; Value; Value Creation; Consumer Behavior; Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; Insurance Industry; Europe; Italy; Milan
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    • 9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 05 Sep 2018
    • HBS Online

    HBX Disruptive Strategy

    Make innovation a reality with strategies from two-time Worlds Most Innovative Business Thinker, Clayton Christensen. Program Dates: September 5, 2018 - October 17, 2018 View Details
    • October 2024
    • Article

    Strategic Decision Making at Platform Transitions: The Case of Nokia (2010-2011).

    By: Timo O. Vuori and Michael Tushman
    We studied Nokia’s decision to adopt the Windows platform in 2011 to induce new theory on the emotional dynamics of incumbent firms’ strategic decision making at platform transitions. We find that platform companies’ entry into an established industry activates a... View Details
    Keywords: Emotions; Technology Adoption; Corporate Strategy; Transition
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    • Web

    Harvard Business School Online Courses & Learning Platforms

    with Digital Platforms Professor Feng Zhu Explore digital platforms' unique properties, opportunities, and risks, and develop scalable strategies that drive growth and deliver a competitive advantage. 5... View Details
    • 25 Feb 2021
    • News

    Viewpoint: J.B. Hunt, Google team up to build another supply chain platform

    • 11 Nov 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers

    Tommy Pan Fang and University of British Columbia business professor David Clough. Wu’s research centers on strategies used by technology entrepreneurs to achieve scale for competitive advantage. Platforms... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

      Strategies for Two-Sided Markets

      Many blockbuster products and services that have redefined the global business landscape are built around platforms that tie together two distinct groups of users in a network. Examples include credit cards that link consumers and merchants; operating systems that... View Details

      • Article

      Product Quality and Entering Through Tying: Experimental Evidence

      By: Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca
      Dominant platform businesses often develop products in adjacent markets to complement their core business. One common approach used to gain traction in these adjacent markets has been to pursue a tying strategy. For example, Microsoft pre-installed Internet Explorer... View Details
      Keywords: Tying; Platform Strategy; Google; Product; Quality; Digital Platforms; Strategy; Market Entry and Exit
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      • 03 May 2022
      • News

      3 Obstacles to Globalizing a Digital Platform

      • 2014
      • Case

      Yonyou 2013

      By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming and Ziqian Zhao
      The case describes how a leading Chinese management software provider Yonyou (formerly known as "UFIDA") disrupted its value chain-based business model to transform itself into a platform provider. The case describes Yonyou's past success, the market forces and... View Details
      Keywords: Business Models; ERP; Platforms; Strategy; Transformations; China; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; China
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      • 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 12 Jun 2019
      • HBS Online

      HBS Online Disruptive Strategy

      Make innovation a reality with strategies from two-time World's Most Innovative Business Thinker, Clayton Christensen. June 12, 2019 - July 10, 2019 View Details
      • 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 03 Apr 2019
      • HBS Online

      HBS Online Disruptive Strategy

      Make innovation a reality with strategies from two-time World's Most Innovative Business Thinker, Clayton Christensen. Program Dates: April 3, 2019 - May 15, 2019 View Details
      • 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 30 Oct 2019
      • HBS Online

      HBS Online Disruptive Strategy

      Make innovation a reality with strategies from two-time World's Most Innovative Business Thinker, Clayton Christensen. Program Dates: October 30, 2019 - December 11, 2019 View Details