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- December 7, 2022
- Article
Why Decentralized Crypto Platforms Are Weathering the Crash
By: Shai Bernstein and Scott Duke Kominers
In the past year, crypto markets dropped from $2.9 trillion in value to around $800 billion. In the wake of the collapse, crypto lenders and exchanges have been accused of fraud and other wrongdoing. What went wrong? One factor is competition. In theory, competition... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
Leveraging the HBS platform to enter social enterprise
Hello there! My name is Ali Huberlie, and I’m extremely excited to begin my first year at Harvard Business School! I’m also looking forward to blogging here, and sharing all the various aspects of my HBS journey here with you. I’ll begin with some background. I... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 02 Feb 2021
- News
Cities as a Platform to Mix Up Knowledge
- 04 Feb 2013
- News
Facebook’s the Winner in the Platform Hunger Games
- 21 Jun 2019
- News
When Tech Companies Compete on Their Own Platforms
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Using technology to create a platform for discussion
online membership. “We wanted to offer a platform where people can talk about gender issues on campus and create a supportive environment,” she says. Expressing a sentiment that resonates with the 50th-anniversary celebration in 2013 of... View Details
- June 2023 (Revised October 2024)
- Teaching Note
Clash of Two Giants Simulation Exercise Teaching Note
By: Feng Zhu
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 623-092. Many markets are organized around platforms that connect consumers with complimentary applications and services. These platforms are two-sided because both sides—consumers and those providing applications or services—need access... View Details
- Web
Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online
Introduction to Winning with Digital Platforms ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Winning with Digital Platforms $1,850 Next 5-week session starts April... View Details
- 2023
- Working Paper
Keep Your Enemies Closer: Strategic Platform Adjustments during U.S. and French Elections
By: Rafael Di Tella, Randy Kotti, Caroline Le Pennec and Vincent Pons
A key tenet of representative democracy is that politicians' discourse and policies should follow voters' preferences. In the median voter theorem, this outcome emerges as candidates strategically adjust their platform to get closer to their opponent. Despite its... View Details
- November 2024
- Supplement
Hugging Face (B): Growing AI and the Platform
By: Shane Greenstein, Nicole Zelazko and Kerry Herman
This supplement to the A case includes Hugging Face’s developments from May 2022 through October 2024. View Details
- March 2024
- Case
Mending Meta: Content Curation, Misinformation, and Platform Governance
By: David B. Yoffie and Sarah von Bargen
- December 2019
- Teaching Note
Fixing Facebook: Fake News, Privacy, and Platform Governance
By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
Teaching Note for HBS No. 720-400. View Details
- 10 Nov 2016
- News
Bringing the Power of Platforms to Heath Care
- April 2013
- Article
First-Party Content and Coordination in Two-Sided Markets
By: Andrei Hagiu and Daniel Spulber
The strategic use of first-party content by two-sided platforms is driven by two key factors: the nature of buyer and seller expectations (favorable versus unfavorable) and the nature of the relationship between first-party content and third-party content (complements... View Details
When Should a Social Platform Give People Fewer Choices and Charge More for Them?
Existing economic wisdom offers unequivocal advice to managers seeking to establish new platform businesses: Invest to acquire users as quickly as possible and make sure that they have ... View Details
- Article
Finding the Platform in Your Product: Four Strategies That Can Reveal Hidden Value
By: Andrei Hagiu and Elizabeth J. Altman
Five of the 10 most valuable companies in the world today—Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft—derive much of their worth from their multisided platforms (MSPs), which facilitate interactions or transactions between parties. Many MSPs are more valuable than... View Details
- October 2016
- Case
Addicaid: Scaling a Digital Platform for Addiction Wellness and Recovery
By: Robert S. Huckman and Sarah Mehta
In 2013, Sam Frons founded Addicaid—a mobile application (app) that allowed people in addiction recovery to track their progress, check in with counselors, and connect with others in recovery programs. The app was grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy and used the... View Details