Geoffrey G. Parker
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Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy--and How to Make Them Work for You
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2016
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Operations Management For Dummies
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2013
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Plataforma: a Revolução da Estratégia
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Plataforma: A Revolução da Estratégia
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy, Vol. 2 (HBR's 10 Must Reads, #38)
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2011
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“In today’s hypercompetitive environment enabled by technology, ownership of infrastructure no longer provides a defensible advantage. Instead, flexibility provides the crucial competitive edge, competition is perpetual motion, and advantage is evanescent.”
― Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy--and How to Make Them Work for You
― Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy--and How to Make Them Work for You
“Launching a service booking platform like OpenTable, the restaurant reservation system, poses a classic chicken-or-egg problem. Without a large base of participating restaurants, why would patrons visit the OpenTable site? But without a large base of patrons, why would restaurants choose to participate? OpenTable solved the problem by first distributing booking management software that restaurants could use to manage their seating inventory. Once OpenTable had enough restaurants on board, they built out the consumer side, which allowed them to start booking tables and collecting a lead generation fee from the restaurants.”
― Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy--and How to Make Them Work for You
― Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy--and How to Make Them Work for You
“A broader view of platform governance uses insights borrowed from the practices of nation-states as modeled by constitutional law scholar Lawrence Lessig. In Lessig’s formulation, systems of control involve four main sets of tools: laws, norms, architecture, and markets.20 A familiar example can be used to clarify these four kinds of tools. Suppose leaders of a particular ecosystem want to reduce the harmful effects of smoking. Laws could be passed to ban cigarette sales to minors or forbid smoking in public spaces. Norms—informal codes of behavior shaped by culture—could be applied by using social pressure or advertising to stigmatize smoking and make it appear “uncool.” Architecture could be used to develop physical designs that reduce the impact of smoking—for example, air filters that clean the air, or smokeless devices that substitute for cigarettes. And market mechanisms could be used by taxing tobacco products or subsidizing “quit smoking” programs. Historically, those who want to control social behavior—including platform managers—have employed all four of these tools.”
― Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy--and How to Make Them Work for You
― Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy--and How to Make Them Work for You
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