Platforms & Ecosystems

There’s probably never been a better time for platform businesses. But they aren’t easy to launch.

New digital technologies are changing the rules of competition by expanding the boundaries of what a company can handle and introducing new sources of advantage.

Blockchain technology offers a way to transfer not just information, but value.

What’s happening this week at the intersection of management and technology.

Professor Marshall Van Alstyne on how platform strategy and IoT combine to produce value for all players in the ecosystem.

Companies can position themselves now to use messaging platforms and AI to fulfill customer needs.

What’s happening this week at the intersection of management and technology.

Research from MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy offers new insights into platform markets and network effects.

Preparing for the platform-business revolution; how to optimize distribution networks with big data.

How can executives develop their skills as strategists? One way is to learn from the masters.

The increasing popularity of platform strategies masks a difficult truth: They are hard to execute well.

Social media platforms abound. Is there a simple way to decide which one(s) a company should focus on?

What does it take to set up a platform where many constituencies can do business?

If you lack a good digital business model, your customers may leave you behind.

The experiences of Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Gmail offer four keys for entering platform markets.

What are the characteristics that can help guide companies through disruptive transitions?

Under the right circumstances, companies of any size can grow to become platform leaders.

Platform leadership is the ability of a company to drive innovation around a particular platform technology at the broad industry level.