HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Platforms and Ecosystems

Tola Morn — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:06:09 +0000

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Platforms and Ecosystems

Help your company adapt to the new rules of competition.

If you read nothing else on creating value with business platforms and ecosystems, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you reap the rewards of multisided platforms (MSPs)—or defend your company against these formidable opponents.

This book will inspire you to:

Assess the threat of disruption from platforms in your industry
Decide whether and how to play with increasingly powerful platform businesses
Choose the right strategy for transforming your product into a platform
Harness network effects to maximize value for the partners in your ecosystem
Shift from managing products to managing interactions
Learn when moving first and growing fast will work—and when it won’t
Manage winner-take-all dynamics

This collection of articles includes “Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy,” by Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Geoffrey G. Parker, and Sangeet Paul Choudary; “Strategies for Two-Sided Markets,” Thomas R. Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, and Marshall W. Van Alstyne; “Finding the Platform in Your Product,” by Andrei Hagiu and Elizabeth Altman; “What’s Your Google Strategy?,” by Andrei Hagiu and David B. Yoffie; “In the Ecosystem Economy, What’s Your Strategy?,” by Michael G. Jacobides; “Right Tech, Wrong Time,” by Ron Adner and Rahul Kapoor; “Managing Our Hub Economy,” by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani; “Why Some Platforms Thrive and Others Don’t,” by Feng Zhu and Marco Iansiti; “Spontaneous Deregulation,” by Benjamin Edelman and Damien Geradin; “Alibaba and the Future of Business,” by Ming Zeng; and “Fixing Discrimination in Online Marketplaces,” by Ray Fisman and Michael Luca.

HBR’s 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR’s 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

Reviews

Great selection of articles on boards! Very insightful indeed!
This is a great selection of Harvard Business Review articles on corporate boards. Boards play a pivotal role in steering corporations towards directions which could ultimately impact the economic, social, environmental, and even political lives.

About the author

Harvard Business Review Press is a leading global book publisher and a division of the Harvard Business Review Group. HBR Press publishes for the general, professional, and academic markets on the topics of leadership, strategy, innovation, and management. Recent bestselling titles include HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, Playing to Win, A Sense of Urgency, Leading the Life You Want, Conscious Capitalism, The Founder’s Mentality, HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness, and The First 90 Days.

Product details

Full Audio MP3 Program
Full PDF E-Book Included
ASIN : B083ZJJ7MD
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press (November 24, 2020)
Publication date : November 24, 2020
Language: : English
Print length : 247 pages

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Platform Revolution

Richard — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 17:41:13 +0000

Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy–And How to Make Them Work for You

A practical guide to the new economy that is transforming the way we live, work, and play.

Uber. Airbnb. Amazon. Apple. PayPal. All of these companies disrupted their markets when they launched. Today they are industry leaders. What’s the secret to their success?

These cutting-edge businesses are built on platforms: two-sided markets that are revolutionizing the way we do business. Written by three of the most sought-after experts on platform businesses, Platform Revolution is the first authoritative, fact-based book on platform models. Whether platforms are connecting sellers and buyers, hosts and visitors, or drivers with people who need a ride, Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Paul Choudary reveal the what, how, and why of this revolution and provide the first “owner’s manual” for creating a successful platform business.

Platform Revolution teaches newcomers how to start and run a successful platform business, explaining ways to identify prime markets and monetize networks. Addressing current business leaders, the authors reveal strategies behind some of today’s up-and-coming platforms, such as Tinder and SkillShare, and explain how traditional companies can adapt in a changing marketplace. The authors also cover essential issues concerning security, regulation, and consumer trust, while examining markets that may be ripe for a platform revolution, including healthcare, education, and energy.

As digital networks increase in ubiquity, businesses that do a better job of harnessing the power of the platform will win. An indispensable guide, Platform Revolution charts out the brilliant future of platforms and reveals how they will irrevocably alter the lives and careers of millions.

Review

“Thorough and often provocative.”
– Jeremy G. Philips, The Wall Street Journal“An authoritative guide to the role of online platforms: what they are, how they work, and what they mean for business and economics. Platform Revolution demystifies the concept by providing clear prose, insightful examples, and practical lessons.”
– Hal Varian, chief economist, Google, and author of Information Rules“Platforms have transformed the economy over the last two decades, but the biggest effects are yet to come. Platform Revolution provides the first comprehensive framework for platform strategy and for predicting the winners and losers of future disruptions.”
– Susan C. Athey, Stanford University, former chief economist, Microsoft

“Platform Revolution is a manual for the disruption of your industry. You can either read it or try to keep it out of the hands of your competitors―present and future. I think it’s an easy call.”
– Andrew McAfee, principal research scientist at MIT, coauthor of The Second Machine Age

“Platform Revolution provides an exceptional synthesis of cutting-edge research that makes it must-reading for my MBA students. A key insight is that platform strategies can benefit all participants when they understand the underlying economics. Read the book and share it with your business partners. You’ll be glad you did.”
– Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT Sloan School, coauthor of The Second Machine Age

“In a very cohesive and comprehensive way, the authors provide deep conceptual insights and rich practical advice on platforms, the most important business organizations of our time.”
– Ming Zeng, chief strategy officer, Alibaba

“In the digital economy, platforms are transforming industries at high speed. Platform Revolution is an inspiring guide for business leaders to transform existing businesses to platform businesses.”
– Jim Hagemann-Snabe, former CEO of SAP

About the Author

Geoffrey Parker is a professor of engineering at Dartmouth College and a visiting scholar and research fellow at the MIT Initiative for the Digital Economy. Before joining academia, he held positions in engineering and finance at General Electric. He has made significant contributions to the economics of network effects as co-developer of the theory of two-sided networks. Parker’s work has been supported by the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and numerous corporations. Parker advises senior leaders in government and business and is a frequent speaker at conferences and industry events. He received his BS from Princeton and his MS and PhD from MIT.

Marshall W. Van Alstyne is a professor at Boston University and a visiting scholar and research fellow at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. Van Alstyne is a world expert on information economics and has made fundamental contributions to IT productivity and to theories of network effects. His coauthored work on two-sided networks is taught in business schools worldwide. In addition, he holds patents in information privacy protection and on spam prevention methods. Van Alstyne has been honored with six best paper awards and National Science Foundation IOC, SGER, iCORPS, SBIR and Career Awards. He is an adviser to leading executives, a frequent keynote speaker, a former entrepreneur, and a consultant to startups and to Global 100 companies. He received his BA from Yale and his MS and PhD from MIT.

Sangeet Paul Choudary is a C-level advisor to executives globally on platform business models. He is an Entrepeneur-in-Residence at the INSEAD Business School and a Fellow at the Centre for Global Enterprise. He has been ranked among the top 30 emerging business thinkers globally by Thinkers 50. Sangeet writes the popular blog Platformed (platformed.info), and his work has been featured on leading journals and media, including the Harvard Business Review, MIT Technology Review, Sloan Management Review, the Wall Street Journal and The Economist. He is a frequent keynote speaker at leading conferences, including the G20 World Summit 2014 and the World Economic Forum events.

Product details

Full Audiobook MP3 Program
Full PDF E-Book Included
Print Length : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 0393249131
ISBN-13 : 978-0393249132
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company; 1st Edition (March 28, 2016)
Language: : English

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