Two-Sided Platforms - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016

many industries. Extant papers largely assume that platforms dominate the pricing decision, whereas in practice, prices in business-to-business transactions are often determined by a bargaining process. We study how the relative... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

view survey results and post their own surveys to Sermo's physician members. The case discusses challenges confronting Sermo in mobilizing this two-sided platform and in balancing the sometimes conflicting... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

competition in a two-sided market that includes buyers and sellers. One of the platforms benefits from a partial belief advantage, in that each side believes that it is more likely that the other side will... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

where no amount of money can guarantee the existence of a fair allocation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-053.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsBetfair vs. UK Bookmakers Harvard Business School Case 709-417 Betting exchanges provide an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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value, scale, regulatory guardrails, hierarchy, incentives etc. The classes cover companies like Polygon, Ava Labs that provide the platform for others to build new platforms for cooperation, companies like... View Details

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