This book takes a practice approach to studying platform business models. Drawing from the growing academic literature as well as the practice world, this book intends to provide a framework for analysing platform business firms. Leveraging on the early literature on network economics (that was largely analytical) and the popular writing about new organizations, this book takes a strategic perspective. It answers the five big strategy questions about platform business firms: a. What are platform business models, and how are they different from others; b. How do platform business firms operate, and what value do they create? To whom and how; c. What are those resources that platforms possess and leverage to create and sustain their competitive advantage over others; d. Why and how are they successful? Why do they perform differently from others? What metrics of performance should we use to study and analyse their performance; e. Is this business model sustainable? What determines the longevity of such firms? What are the regulatory and social challenges that these platform business firms face? How do regulators and the larger society manage the disproportionate power distribution among such firms?The book is strategic in nature and highlights the resources defining the strategies of successful platform business firms. In doing so, it provides a field guide for entrepreneurs and managers embarking on building a platform, by providing a portfolio of decisions to make. Though the frameworks could be generalized, the book focuses on platform businesses, rather than societal platforms. With a few extensions, it is possible that these frameworks could be easily applied to non-profit and or social enterprises as well.

Provides crisp yet complete details on the topic for executives on the go Elucidates platform business models and contrasts it with other business models Presents a comprehensive view of the strategic choices a platform business needs to make

Autorentext

R Srinivasan ist Professor für Strategie am Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. Er unterrichtet Kurse über Strategie und Plattformgeschäftsmodelle für MBA-Studenten am IIMB und an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Er hat eine Vielzahl von Fallstudien und Artikeln über Plattformunternehmen in Indien und Deutschland verfasst. Darüber hinaus arbeitet er mit einer Vielzahl von Start-ups und Unternehmen, die Plattform-Geschäftsmodelle betreiben, als Berater und Referent zusammen. Seinen Doktortitel erwarb er am Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction to core concepts.- Chapter 2. Network effects.- Chapter 3. Value creation DMTE (cost reduction, choice, community).- Chapter 4. Penguin problems and network mobilization issues.- Chapter 5. Pricing and subsidies.- Chapter 6. Platform architecture open/closed and shared/ proprietary platforms.- Chapter 7. Winner-takes-all dynamics.