Shows
Talking about PlatformsB2B platforms and industrial organizations with Virginia Springer and Krithika Randhawa
Krithika Randhawa is an Associate Professor of Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Sydney Business School, where she also serves as an ARC Research Fellow. Her research focuses on open innovation and digital strategy, specifically examining how organizations use crowdsourcing, digital platforms, and innovation ecosystems to solve complex problems in sectors like healthcare and manufacturing. Before entering academia, she spent eight years in the global hospitality industry with ITC and Starwood Hotels, experience that grounds her academic work in practical business management.
Virginia Springer is an academic researcher and PhD candidate at the University of...
2026-01-2154 min
INI KOPER#765 Apa itu Platform Thinking?Platform Thinking adalah revolusi paradigma dari model bisnis "pipa" yang linier menuju model "ekosistem" yang dinamis. Alih-alih hanya memproduksi barang dan mengirimkannya ke konsumen, cara berpikir ini fokus pada pembangunan infrastruktur yang mengorkestrasi interaksi antara berbagai pihak. Sebagaimana ditekankan oleh Daniel Trabucchi dan Tommaso Buganza, ini bukan sekadar soal teknologi, melainkan kemampuan untuk menempatkan mekanisme berbasis platform sebagai jantung transformasi. Nilai tidak lagi diciptakan secara sepihak oleh produsen, melainkan lahir dari pertemuan dan kolaborasi antar pengguna di dalam ruang yang disediakan.
Kekuatan utama dari pendekatan ini terletak pada "efek jaringan", di mana nilai sebuah layanan akan terus...
2025-12-2106 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform Governance for Established Companies with Maximilian Schreieck
Maximilian Schreieck is an Associate Professor for Information Systems with a focus on Digital Services and Platforms at the Department of Information Systems, Production and Logistics Management at the University of Innsbruck. He earned his PhD in Information Systems at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in 2020 and completed his habilitation at the University of Innsbruck in 2025. From 2021 to 2022, he was a visiting scholar and DFG Walter Benjamin Fellow at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Maximilian’s research interests include digital platform ecosystems, platform governance, digital platforms for social causes, and digital transformation of established companies. Hi...
2025-12-1736 min
The Tech Humanist ShowBuilding Platforms in Legacy Firms with Daniel Trabucchi and Tommaso BuganzaWhat’s stopping legacy companies from becoming the next Airbnb or Amazon—and how can they unlock platform thinking to transform their assets into thriving ecosystems? Dive into how established organizations can use the “Digital Phoenix” effect to fuel innovation, leverage their existing advantages, and reshape value creation with cutting-edge insights from the world of platforms.
Topics covered: Platform business models and value creationPlatform thinking vs. traditional business models The “Digital Phoenix” effect and leveraging idle assets Case studies: Telepass, EasyPark, airports, and Chipotle Overcoming barriers to platform transformation Internal...
2025-12-0444 min
Talking about PlatformsAI Restacking the Knowledge Economy with Sangeet Paul ChoudaryRethinking Strategy and Competition: Why AI's Systemic Impact Demands Reinventing the Game and Setting the New Rules.
Guest: Sangeet Paul Choudary
Bio: Sangeet Paul Choudary is best known as one of the co-authors of the milestone book Platform Revolution, which explores how networked markets transform the economy. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. Sangeet has advised leadership teams at over 40 Fortune 500 companies—including firms like Daimler and Nestlé—as well as pre-IPO technology companies. He is a recognized expert on platform economics and network effects and has been...
2025-11-0558 min
Business TalkThe Digital Phoenix Effect: How Legacy Firms Can Lead the Platform RevolutionProfessors Daniel Trabucchi and Tommaso Buganza from Politecnico di Milano share insights from their latest book, The Digital Phoenix Effect: How Legacy Companies Can Lead the Platform Revolution Without Burning Everything Down.
The Digital Phoenix Effect shows how legacy companies can lead the platform revolution - without losing their strengths.
With cases from Siemens, AXA, Eni, and insights from 140+ S&P 500 initiatives, the book offers:
• Clear, jargon-free definitions of platform models
• A practical framework for platform innovation
• A 4-step methodology tested with 20+ organizations
• Strategies to tackle five key challenges of legacy firms
• Guidance on using GenAI as a co-thinker
Unlike startup-fo...
2025-09-1843 min
SLASOG: Leaders are ReadersProf. Daniel Trabucchi - The Digital Phoenix Effect: Legacy Innovation with PlatformsFor decades, legacy companies have been trapped in a linear world: buy, make, sell:* Optimize processes.* Reduce costs.* Scale production.But the data-driven digital paradigm doesn’t just reward scale. It rewards leverage: turning what you already have into nonlinear growth engines.Daniel Trabucchi and Tommaso Buganza’s book The Digital Phoenix Effect isn’t about startups or chasing Silicon Valley trends. It’s about legacy firms using platform thinking to create exponential value from assets they already own: relationships, physical assets, know-how, and data.For business leaders...
2025-09-1650 min
Talking about PlatformsThe Digital Phoenix Effect with Daniel Trabucchi and Tommaso BuganzaHow Legacy Companies Can Lead the Platform Revolution Without Burning Everything Down
Welcome to a very special episode! While you usually hear them leading the conversation, today we're thrilled to turn the tables as we welcome our esteemed co-hosts, Daniel Trabucchi and Tommaso Buganza, to the guest chair. They're here to share profound insights from their groundbreaking new book, The Digital Phoenix Effect: How Legacy Companies Can Lead the Platform Revolution Without Burning Everything Down.
In this conversation, Daniel and Tommaso reveal how established companies, often seen as 'legacy' businesses, can ingeniously leverage their existing strengths and...
2025-07-2334 min
Talking about PlatformsThe Platform Revolution with Geoffrey G. Parker
Guest: Geoffrey (Geoff) G. Parker
Bio: Geoff Parker is a professor of engineering at the Thayer School at Dartmouth College and the faculty director at the Irving Institute for Energy and Society. He was awarded the Thinkers50 digital thinking award for his work on two-sided markets and the inverted firm. He is the co-author of the influential book Platform Revolution. He received his doctorate from MIT, where he was a doctoral student alongside Marshall Van Alstyne.
Summary: In this episode, Geoff, a leading expert in platform research and co-author of Platform Revolution, discusses the origins...
2025-03-2648 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform Classics: Towards a theory of ecosystemsby M. G. Jacobides, C. Cennamo, & A. Gawer
Paper covered in this episode
Jacobides, M. G., Cennamo, C., & Gawer, A. (2018). Towards a theory of ecosystems. Strategic Management Journal, 39(8), 2255–2276.
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2025-03-2122 min
Talking about PlatformsIndustrial and B2B Platforms with Marin Jovanovic
Guest: Marin Jovanovic
Bio: Marin Jovanovic is an Associate Professor at the Department of Operations Management at Copenhagen Business School and a Visiting Scholar at Luleå University of Technology. He holds dual Ph.D. degrees in industrial economics and management from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and in industrial management from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (cum laude). His research focuses on the digital transformation of manufacturing, maritime, and healthcare sectors, platform ecosystems in the business-to-business (B2B) context, and artificial intelligence. He has published extensively in journals such as Organization Science, Journal of Product In...
2025-03-1938 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform Classics: Organizing for innovation in the digitized worldby Y. Yoo, R. J. Boland, K. Lyytinen, and A. Majchrzak
Paper covered in this episode
Yoo, Y., Boland, R. J., Lyytinen, K., & Majchrzak, A. (2012). Organizing for innovation in the digitized world. Organization Science, 23(5), 1398-1408.
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This podcast is generated using artificial intelligence technology, drawing content from published scientific papers. While we strive for accuracy, please note:
The episode synthesizes and interprets scientific literature, not original research.
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2025-03-1420 min
Talking about PlatformsSocial Media and Behavioural Impacts with Pinar Yildirim
Guest: Pinar Yildirim
Bio: Pinar Yildirim is an Associate Professor of Marketing (with tenure) at the Wharton School and an Associate Professor of Economics (secondary) at the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Economics. Her research focuses on media, technology, and information economics, particularly on the economics of online platforms, social and economic networks, political economy, and the impact of technology and AI on organizations and societal dynamics. Her work has been published in top journals such as American Economic Review, Marketing Science, and Journal of Marketing Research. She is also an area editor at International Journal of...
2025-03-1246 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform Classics: Platform Envelopmentby Thomas Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, and Marshall Van Alstyne
Paper covered in this episode
Eisenmann, T., Parker, G., & Van Alstyne, M. (2010). Platform envelopment. Strategic Management Journal, 32(12), 1270-1285
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The episode synthesizes and interprets scientific literature, not original research.
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2025-03-0714 min
Talking about PlatformsCrypto Economics and Open Source Platforms with Mariia PetrykDecentralization, Tokenization, and the Evolution of Digital Incentives
Guest: Maria Petryk
Bio: Maria Petryk is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management at George Mason University. Her research interests include information systems, finance management, organization science, and the economics of blockchain. She focuses particularly on decentralized platforms and open-source software.
Summary: In this episode of Talking About Platforms, Maria discusses the platform business model as one that creates infrastructural opportunities for other agents, companies, individuals, and users to create new value. The platform operator provides the infrastructure and foundational tools for other economic...
2025-03-0548 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform Classics: A Price Theory of Multi-Sided Platformsby E. Glen Weyl
Paper covered in this episode
Weyl, E. G. (2010). A Price Theory of Multi-sided Platforms. American Economic Review, 100(4), 1642-1672
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The views expressed may...
2025-02-2816 min
Talking about PlatformsData, Organizations, and Platforms with Cristina AlaimoThe complexities of privacy in the data economy
Guest
Cristina Alaimo
Bio
Cristina Alaimo, who received her Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, is an Associate Professor at ESSEC Business School in France. Her research focuses on data-driven innovation and its impact on organizations and society. Alaimo co-authored the book Data Rules: Reinventing the Market Economy with Jannis Kallinikos, which MIT Press published in 2024. She also serves as a senior editor of the European Journal of Information Systems.
Summary
In this episode of Talking About Platforms, Cristina Alaimo discusses her work on platforms...
2025-02-2649 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform Classics: Value Creation in Innovation EcosystemsHow the structure of technological interdependence affects firm performance in new technology generations
Paper covered in this episode
Adner, R., & Kapoor, R. (2010). Value creation in innovation ecosystems: How the structure of technological interdependence affects firm performance in new technology generations. Strategic Management Journal, 31(3), 306-333
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This podcast is generated using artificial intelligence technology, drawing content from published scientific papers. While we strive for accuracy, please note:
The episode synthesizes and interprets scientific literature, not original research.
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2025-02-2114 min
Talking about PlatformsAlgorithmic Management with Lindsey CameronPlatform Power and the Future of Work
Guest
Lindsey D. Cameron
Bio
Lindsey D. Cameron is an Assistant Professor of Management at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and a faculty affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Her research focuses on algorithmic management, artificial intelligence, and platform work. Lindsey became interested in platforms after observing her mother's experiences in the gig economy after a job loss, which sparked her interest in social mobility and labor platforms.
Summary
In this episode of Talking About Platforms, Lindsey D...
2025-02-1939 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform Classics: Industry Platforms and Ecosystem InnovationThis paper brings together the recent literature on industry platforms and shows how it relates to managing innovation within and outside the firm as well as to dealing with technological and market disruptions and change over time. First, we identify distinct types of platforms. Our analysis of a wide range of industry examples suggests that there are two predominant types of platforms: internal or company-specific platforms, and external or industry-wide platforms. We define internal (company or product) platforms as a set of assets organized in a common structure from which a company can efficiently develop and produce a stream of...
2025-02-1415 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform and Innovation System Design with Kevin BoudreauFrom Technological Foundations to Governed Digital Spaces
Guest
Kevin Boudreau
Bio
• Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northeastern University
• Studies digital practices and platform-based organizational forms that drive the economics and management of knowledge, innovation, discovery, and science
• Former chief economist for the NASA Tournament Labs
Summary
This episode features Kevin Boudreau, who discusses his evolving perspective on platforms, beginning with a systems design engineering perspective, and then moving to an economic and strategic perspective. Kevin initially saw platforms as having a foundation of technological capabilities upon which one could build and later came to view p...
2025-02-1244 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform Classics: Chicken & EggCompetition Among Intermediation Service Providers
Paper covered in this episode
Caillaud, B., & Jullien, B. (2003). Chicken & Egg: Competition among Intermediation Service Providers. The RAND Journal of Economics, 34(2), 309-328.
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2025-02-0718 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatforms' Growth and Data Sharing with Chiara FarronatoBalancing Innovation and Regulation
Guest
Chiara Farronato
Bio
• Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School
• Researches platforms with a focus on information aggregation and redistribution
• Studies the effects of platforms like Airbnb on cities and housing affordability
Summary
This episode features Chiara Farronato, who discusses her journey into platform research, which began when she moved to California in 2009 and observed the rise of companies like Airbnb and Uber. Farronato defines platforms as information aggregators that collect fragmented information from various users, repackage it, and redistribute it to facilitate valuable exchanges. She emphasizes that while...
2025-02-0536 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform Classics: Two-Sided Network EffectsA Theory of Information Product Design
Paper covered in this episode
Parker, G. G., & Van Alstyne, M. W. (2005). Two-sided network effects: A theory of information product design. Management Science, 51(10), 1494-1504.
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2025-01-3112 min
Talking about PlatformsExternalities and Platform Markets with Paavo RitalaAccumulation, Variety, Utility
Guest
Paavo Ritala
Bio
Professor of Strategy and Innovation at LUT University
Co-editor of R&D Management, a main journal in the innovation management domain
Researches platforms and ecosystems
Summary
This episode features Paavo Ritala, who shares his journey into platform research, starting from his early work on networks and collaborations. He discusses how the concept of ecosystems emerged in his research in the early 2010s, followed by the observation of platform-based business models. Ritala explains that his understanding of platforms evolved from observing multi-sided markets in economics, the emergence of app...
2025-01-2940 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform Classics: Design Rules, Volume OneThe Power of Modularity
Publication(s) covered in this episode
Baldwin, C. Y., & Clark, K. B. (2000). Design Rules, Volume 1: The power of modularity. MIT Press.
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2025-01-2415 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatforms and Ecosystems with Wim VanhaverbekeBridging the Gap: Open Innovation, Digital Platforms, and the Role of Government
Guest
Wim Vanhaverbeke
Bio
Expert in digital strategy and open innovation.
Professor at the University of Antwerp in Belgium.
Well-known for his work in open innovation, large companies, and memes.
Made significant contributions to digital platforms, particularly regarding their strategic role in reshaping highly regulated industries like healthcare.
Summary
This episode features Professor Wim Vanhaverbeke, an expert in digital strategy and open innovation. The conversation begins by defining digital platforms as online infrastructures that facilitate interactions between different user groups. Vanhaverbeke emphasizes the...
2025-01-2241 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform Classics: Foundational works on the Economics of NetworksNetwork Effects, Compatibility, and Platform Competition
Paper covered in this episode
Katz, M. L., & Shapiro, C. (1985). Network externalities, competition, and compatibility. The American Economic Review, 75(3), 424-440.
Katz, M. L., & Shapiro, C. (1986). Technology adoption in the presence of network externalities. Journal of Political Economy, 94(4), 822-841.
Rochet, J. C., & Tirole, J. (2003). Platform competition in two-sided markets. Journal of the European Economic Association, 1(4), 990-1029.
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2025-01-1720 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform Strategy and Business Models with Andrei HagiuPlatform Traps and the Future of Decentralization
Guest
Andrei Hagiu
Bio
Associate Professor in Information Systems at Boston University
Runs the Platform Chronicles blog together with Julian Wright.
Advisor and consultant for startups building platform business models and large companies seeking to turn products into platforms.
Summary
This episode features Andrei Hagiu, an expert in platform businesses. Hagiu defines platform businesses as enabling customer interactions, such as marketplaces or social networks. The conversation explores the evolution of platforms, including the concept of platform traps, where dominant platforms can exert significant power over sellers. The discussion...
2025-01-1545 min
Business TalkRevolutionizing Innovation: Prof. Daniel Trabucchi & Prof. Tommaso Buganza on Platform ThinkingWe are thrilled to have Prof. Daniel Trabucchi and Prof. Tommaso Buganza from the School of Management at Politecnico di Milano join us today. In this episode, they share valuable insights from their innovation-driven book, Platform Thinking: Read the Past. Write the Future.
Platform Thinking is the ability to center platform-based mechanisms in digital business transformations. From Uber to Airbnb, platforms have reshaped millions of lives, yet their true potential often goes unrecognized. This episode demystifies platform ecosystems, offering a step-by-step guide to creating value through platform models. Backed by a decade of research, the faculty members provide practical tools...
2024-11-2937 min
UNIBG LIVE: Le dirette di UniBg OnAirPlatform thinking: ce lo raccontano Buganza e TrabucchiAi microfoni di Unibg OnAir Daniel Trabucchi e Tommaso Buganza, autori di “Platform Thinking” che ci raccontano com’è nata l’idea di questo libro e alcune brevi note a riguardo. Unibg OnAir è media partner di questi eventi che coinvolgono tutta la provincia di Bergamo.A CURA DIKevin Bassi
2024-11-0108 min
Leadership NOW with Dan PontefractPlatform Thinking with Daniel Trabucchi and Tommaso BuganzaDaniel Trabucchi is Senior Assistant Professor of Platform Thinking, and Tommaso Buganza is Full Professor of Leadership & Innovation, both at Politec-nico di Milano.
They are Scientific Directors of the Observatory Platform Thinking HUB and co-authors of the book, "Platform Thinking: Read the Past, Write the Future."
Tommaso and Daniel join Dan Pontefract on Leadership NOW to discuss all things 'platform thinking.' They do not disappoint.
Both Trabucchi and Buganza were recently appointed to the Thinkers 50 Radar Class of 2024.
Find out more about their book, "Platform Thinking" at https://platformthinking.eu/
Find out more about Dan Pontefract at www.danpontefract...
2024-05-2341 min
Talking about PlatformsInteraction Fields with Erich JoachimsthalerA Revolutionary New Way to Create Shared Value for Businesses, Customers, and Society
Erich's bio: Erich Joachimsthaler, Ph.D. is a rare combination of consultant, author, entrepreneur, academic, and researcher who sheds light on massive branding, marketing, and digital transformations.
An award-winning author of several books and over 100 articles, Erich is a strategy, innovation, and branding expert, “one of the most sought-after keynote speakers on the topic of marketing,” the founder & CEO of VIVALDI, and a visiting professor and lecturer at prestigious universities around the world.
His particular focus is on developing new marketing strategies appl...
2024-04-0340 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform Cooperatives with Trebor ScholzReaching back through the history of worker-owned companies to the front lines of a new economy unfolding around the world
Trebor's bio: R. Trebor Scholz is a researcher, author, and advocate for fair and sustainable digital labor practices. He is a professor and the founding director of The New School’s Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC) in New York City, where he also operates a research institute with a fellowship program.
Trebor has worked to develop and promote a set of models for building worker-owned and democratically-controlled online platforms, known as “platform cooperatives.” He is the author of severa...
2024-03-2749 min
Marketplace Risk Platform PodcastDriving Innovation with Platform ThinkingNot so long ago, platforms were closely associated with Silicon Valley tech startups (and not much else). Technology opened the door for startups to develop new ways of connecting people for a myriad of exchanges - known as platforms. And, the outcome of these platform innovations is 'platform thinking' that is now being applied by established companies and enterprises. On this episode, Daniel Trabucchi and Tommaso Buganza of Polictecnico di Milano discuss platform thinking - what it is, how companies leverage it, and the main driving forces behind it.
2024-03-2135 min
Talking about PlatformsBusiness Ecosystems in Asia with Mark GreevenWe cannot afford to miss the remarkable rise of Asian business ecosystems
Mark's bio: Mark Greeven is a Professor of Innovation and Strategy and CEO of IMD China. He draws on a decade of experience in research, teaching, and consulting in China to explore how to organize innovation in a turbulent world. He was named on the prestigious Thinkers50 Radar list of 30 Next Generation Business Thinkers in 2017.
Mark has collaborated with innovative Chinese companies (including Ping An, Alibaba, Pinduoduo, and Haier) and entrepreneurial multinationals (including Bayer, Evonik, Johnson & Johnson, Daimler, Nestlé, Richemont, and Swiss Re) to explore n...
2024-03-2043 min
Talking about PlatformsComposable process platforms with Michael PerscheidThe Future of Enterprise Information Systems
Michael's Bio: Dr. Michael Perscheid is the Head of Composable Process Platform Innovations at SAP SE as well as the former chair representative of Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. em. More about him, here: http://michaelperscheid.de/cv/index.html
The Future of Enterprise Information Systems paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4617420
From Full-fledged ERP Systems Towards Process-centric Business Process Platforms paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.02995
Michael on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KVNaMGAAAAAJ&hl=en
Michael on...
2024-03-1341 min
Talking about PlatformsCities as platforms with Gesa ZiemerEnabling more livable, equitable, and resilient communities.
Gesa's bio: Gesa Ziemer (Prof. Dr. phil.) is a Professor of Digital Urban Cultures at the HafenCity University Hamburg. She heads the CityScienceLab, a cooperation with the MIT Media Lab (Cambridge, MA, USA), which researches the future of cities (with a special focus on digitalization). She is also the academic director of UNITAC, a United Nations Innovation and Technology Lab (UN-Habitat, OICT) that conducts global research on the use of technology in informal settlements. She was a fellow of the Humboldt Foundation (Feodor-Lynen Program) at the Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA, USA...
2024-03-0643 min
Stroncature“Platform Thinking” Daniel Trabucchi e Tommaso BuganzaLo scorso 8 febbraio, Stroncature ha ospitato la presentazione dell’opera “Platform Thinking” Daniel Trabucchi e Tommaso Buganza (Egea 2023).L’opera si concentra sulla centralità dei meccanismi basati sulle piattaforme nelle trasformazioni digitali delle imprese. Esempi come Uber, Spotify, Airbnb e Booking.com hanno rivoluzionato la vita quotidiana di milioni di utenti. Tuttavia, molti manager faticano a comprendere l’importanza e l’impatto di questi modelli di business nelle organizzazioni di ogni dimensione, spesso considerandoli appannaggio esclusivo di startup tecnologiche avanzate e servizi digitali. Gli autori del libro smentiscono questa percezione, evidenziando il grande potenziale di creazione di valore delle piattaforme. Il testo guid...
2024-02-291h 09
Product Quest PodcastEpisde 58: Platform Thinking with Daniel and TommasoIn this episode, Jonathan Edwards, Yann Vermuth, and Scott Burleson talk to Professors Daniel Trabucchi and Tommaso Buganza from the School of Management at Politecnico di Milano about their book "Platform Thinking" (more at: https://platformthinking.eu/). They talk about the different kinds of platforms and how platform thinking can be used to think about businesses and foster innovation.
You will learn how renowned companies, such as Uber, Airbnb, Apple, and Google, but also others are revolutionizing the industry by leveraging platform models in unique ways.
How can platform thinking lead to strategic opportunities? and...
2024-02-181h 02Product Quest PodcastEpisde 58: Platform Thinking with Daniel and TommasoIn this episode, Jonathan Edwards, Yann Vermuth, and Scott Burleson talk to Professors Daniel Trabucchi and Tommaso Buganza from the School of Management at Politecnico di Milano about their book "Platform Thinking" (more at: https://platformthinking.eu/). They talk about the different kinds of platforms and how platform thinking can be used to think about businesses and foster innovation.
You will learn how renowned companies, such as Uber, Airbnb, Apple, and Google, but also others are revolutionizing the industry by leveraging platform models in unique ways.
How can platform thinking lead to strategic opportunities? and...
2024-02-181h 02
Talking about PlatformsPlatform power with Robyn CaplanPlatform Accountability: A Primer
Robyn's Bio: Robyn Caplan is an Assistant Professor at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy and a Senior Lecturing Fellow at the Center for Science & Society at Duke University. She is also a Researcher Affiliate at the Data & Society Research Institute, where she worked as a Senior Researcher, an Affiliate at the Center for Information Technology and Policy at UNC-Chapel Hill, and a founding member of the Platform Governance Research Network. She received her PhD from the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. She conducts research at the intersection of platform go...
2024-02-1445 min
Talking about PlatformsConnected digital society with Helena RongA proposal for fractional property ownership and collective governance in local development
Helena's Bio: Helena H. Rong is an urbanist and designer with interdisciplinary training. Her research lies in the intersection of digital technology, collective intelligence architecture, and urbanism. Before her studies at Columbia GSAPP, she received her Master of Science in Urbanism (SMArchS) degree from MIT and a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University, where she graduated with the Charles Goodwin Sands Memorial Silver Award (1st Place Thesis Award). Rong works as a Research Associate at the MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab, where she leads the “Value of De...
2024-02-0749 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatforms, blockchain, and the law with Primavera De FilippiDistributing technical building blocks and platform governance
Primavera's Bio: Primavera De Filippi is a Director of Research at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris, a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and a Visiting Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute. Primavera is the author of the book “Blockchain and the Law,” published in 2018 by Harvard University Press (co-authored with Aaron Wright) and she was recently awarded a € 2M research grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to investigate how blockchain technology can he...
2024-01-3137 min
Talking about PlatformsDigital public infrastructures with David EavesSociety-wide, digital capabilities that are essential to participation in society and markets as a citizen, entrepreneur, and consumer in a digital era.
David's Bio: David Eaves is an Associate Professor in Digital Government at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). Previously a lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School where he taught and wrote on digital era public administration, digital transformation, and the governance of digital public infrastructure, David has co-founded Teaching Public Service in a Digital Age, which has sought to bring together faculty from around the world to co-design and share an open licensed curriculum to...
2024-01-2450 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform competition with Shiva ShekharExclusivity and pricing strategies in two-sided markets
Shiva's bio: Shiva Shekhar is an Assistant Professor at Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM), a research affiliate at the CESifo Network, and a member of the Tilburg Law and Economics Center. His current research mainly focuses on platform strategies under competition and their impact on consumers. From 10.2018-12.2020, Shiva was employed as an Economist at Compass Lexecon where I assisted the team of several high-profile mergers as well as multiple anti-trust cases spanning multiple industries.
Mentioned papers:
Superstar exclusivity in two-sided markets
Platform Transformation Risk and the Role...
2024-01-1752 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform identity with Panos ConstantinidesThe formation and evolution of digital platforms across ecosystems
Panos' Bio: Panos Constantinides is a Professor of Digital Innovation and Digital Learning Lead for Executive Education at Alliance Manchester Business School. He holds a PhD from the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge and he is a Fellow of the Cambridge Digital Innovation Centre. Panos leads the Digital Transformation Research Group at Alliance Manchester Business School. Panos is also one of the co-founders of the European Digital Platforms Research Network (EUDPRN).
His research investigates how organizations use digital technologies to co-create and capture value while...
2024-01-1050 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform governance design with Liang ChenThe burgeoning digital platforms literature across multiple business disciplines has primarily characterized the platform as a market or network. Although the organizing role of platform owners is well recognized, the literature lacks a coherent approach to understanding organizational governance in the platform context. Drawing on classic organizational governance theories, this paper views digital platforms as a distinct organizational form where the mechanisms of incentive and control routinely take center stage. We systematically review research on digital platforms, categorize specific governance mechanisms related to incentive and control, and map a multitude of idiosyncratic design features studied in prior research onto these...
2024-01-0347 min
Talking about PlatformsDimensions of data labor with Hanlin LiMany recent technological advances (e.g. ChatGPT and search engines) are possible only because of massive amounts of user-generated data produced through user interactions with computing systems or scraped from the web (e.g. behavior logs, user-generated content, and artwork). However, data producers have little say in what data is captured, how it is used, or who it benefits. Organizations with the ability to access and process this data, e.g. OpenAI and Google, possess immense power in shaping the technology landscape. By synthesizing related literature that reconceptualizes the production of data for computing as ``data labor'', we outline opportunities...
2023-12-2747 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform ecosystems as meta‐organizations with Tobias KretschmerImplications for platform strategies, implementation, and research
Tobias' bio: Tobias Kretschmer is a Strategy, Technology, and Organization (ISTO) professor at LMU Munich School of Management. He holds a PhD in Economics from London Business School and an MSc in Strategy from the University of St. Gallen. Before joining LMU Munich, he held full-time positions at the London School of Economics and INSEAD. He is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London and a Research Professor at Ifo Institute in Munich. His work focuses on strategy and organization design in technology-intensive industries, especially platform markets...
2023-12-2052 min
Talking about PlatformsThe ERP platform play with Oliver BossertCheaper, faster, better
About Oliver: For more than ten years, Oliver has specialized in large-scale transformations of enterprise architecture in various customer-facing industries, such as retail, insurance, and financial services. He supports clients in establishing the function of enterprise architecture management and in executing the transformation of architecture, including the application landscape.
More recently, Oliver has focused on transformations of companies toward using platform-based architectures that allow them to build and scale digital innovation at reasonable cost beyond the pilot stage, such as by design and implementation of digital technology platforms. He also leads McKinsey’s Digital Ar...
2023-12-1352 min
Talking about PlatformsIntroducing season IIIThe talk must go on!
Here is the link to Daniel's & Tommaso's book Platform Thinking as well as the MOOCs and other materials mentioned in the episode: https://platformthinking.eu/
The best way to connect with any of us is via Linkedin. Just search for Daniel Trabucchi, Tommaso Buganza, or Philip Meier
2023-12-0626 min
Outthinkers#99—Daniel Trabucchi: The Evolution of Platforms: Creating Value Beyond Digital ArchetypesDaniel Trabucchi is the co-author, with Tommaso Buganza, of Platform Thinking: Read the past. Write the future. He is Senior Assistant Professor at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano where he fosters research and teaches at the intersection between innovation management and leadership, with a strong focus on platform thinking and the human side of innovation. He is the co-founder of Symplatform, the international symposium on digital platforms that aims to match managers and academics coming from various disciplines and he is the co-founder and scientific director of Platform Thinking HUB the observatory...
2023-09-0124 min
What is Innovation?Innovation is the spark of life :: Daniel TrabucchiDaniel Trabucchi is a Senior Assistant Professor at the School of Management Politecnico di Milano. Daniel shares his definition of innovation, the role of regulatory bodies in innovation, the distinction between a new thing and a new purpose, and much more.More about our guest:Daniel has also co-authored “Platform Thinking. Read the past. Write the future.”. His research interests are focused on innovation management, especially digital two-sided platforms and digital services. He co-founded Symplatform in 2018, the international conference on digital platforms that aims to match scholars and practitioners in the field. He co-founded and is s...
2023-06-2833 min
Talking about PlatformsInvesting in network effects with Sameer SinghNot All Platforms Are Created Equal
Sameer's bio: Sameer Singh is an early-stage investor focused on network effects, a Venture Partner at Speedinvest, and part of the Atomico Angel Program. He created Breadcrumb.vc in 2020 to help founders understand and leverage network effects. Sameer then launched a cohort-based course called Applied Network Effects in 2021 to create a structured learning program for founders, product/growth professionals, and investors.
Link to Breadcrumb VC: https://breadcrumb.vc/
Link to Sameer's Network Effects Course: https://maven.com/breadcrumb/applied-network-effects/
2023-04-1244 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform business design with Ted LaddUnderstand, Design and Innovate Multi-Sided Platform Businesses
Ted's bio: Ted Ladd is a full Professor of Entrepreneurship, former Global Dean of Research and former Dean of the San Francisco Campus at the Hult International Business School. He is also an Instructor of Platform Entrepreneurship at Harvard University and Stanford University. His research focuses on innovation in general and multi-sided platforms in specific, published in a range of academic and practitioner-focused channels. His most recent book, Innovating With Impact, with Alessandro Lanteri, is published by the Economist and distributed by Profile and Pegasus. He was a member of seven different...
2023-03-2252 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform ecosystem emergence with Llewellyn D. W. ThomasBetween active design and guided serendipity.
Llewellyn's bio: Llewellyn D.W. Thomas holds a Ph.D. from Imperial College Business School, an M.B.A. (with Distinction) from Cass Business School, a L.L.B. (Honours) from University of Sydney and B.A. (Honours), also from University of Sydney. He also holds a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors, London and a Professional Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, London.
Prof. Thomas’s teaching is focused on the impact of digitalization on organizations and with special emphasis on the redesign of pr...
2023-03-0856 min
Talking about PlatformsA common framework for digital platform ecosystems with Andreas HeinAbstract
Digital platforms are an omnipresent phenomenon that challenges incumbents by changing how we consume and provide digital products and services. Whereas traditional firms create value within the boundaries of a company or a supply chain, digital platforms utilize an ecosystem of autonomous agents to co-create value. Scholars from various disciplines, such as economics, technology management, and information systems have taken different perspectives on digital platform ecosystems. In this Fundamentals article, we first synthesize research on digital platforms and digital platform ecosystems to provide a definition that integrates both concepts. Second, we use this definition to explain how different digital...
2023-02-2245 min
Talking about PlatformsDecentralized versus distributed platforms with Jean-Philippe VergneAbstract
The terms decentralized organization and distributed organization are often used interchangeably, despite describing two distinct phenomena. I propose distinguishing decentralization, as the dispersion of organizational communications, from distribution, as the dispersion of organizational decision-making. Organizations can be distributed without being decentralized (and vice versa), and having multiple management layers directly affects only distribution – not decentralization. This proposed distinction has implications for understanding the growth of digital platforms (e.g. amazon.com), which dominate the global economy in the 21st century. While prominent platforms typically use machine learning as their core technology to transform inputs (e.g. data) into outputs (e...
2023-02-0850 min
Talking about PlatformsWorkforce ecosystems with Elizabeth J. AltmanFrom VP in industry to HBS and becoming a professor doing cutting-edge research about the future of the workforce.
Liz's bio: Elizabeth J. Altman is an associate professor of management at the University of Massachusetts Lowell’s Manning School of Business. Liz is also guest editor for the MIT Sloan Management Review Future of the Workforce Big Ideas initiative, a joint research effort with Deloitte. She has served as a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School and a visiting professor at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point). Her’s research focuses on topics related to strategy, innovation, platforms, ecos...
2023-01-1949 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform participation strategies and collective governance with Rebecca KarpAs firms consider transitioning proprietary products to more open platforms to grow market share and relevance, managers might consider the concerns of external participants when designing a system to govern a platform.
Rebecca's bio: Rebecca Karp is an Assistant Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches Strategy in the MBA required curriculum. Professor Karp is a field researcher and ethnographer. Her research examines how companies formulate and execute strategies for growth. In particular, she focuses on the role innovation and differentation play in product development, integration, strategy execution, and oragnizational change. Professor Karp’s research sp...
2023-01-0436 min
Talking about PlatformsWill blockchains disintermediate platforms? with Hanna HalaburdaCompetition, incentives, and the future of digital platforms in light of emerging blockchain and web3 technologies.
Hanna's bio: Hanna Halaburda joined New York University Stern School of Business as an Associate Professor of Technology, Operations and Statistics in September 2019.
In her research, Professor Halaburda studies how technology changes economic forces and thus affects business models and interactions in the marketplace. One strand of her work focuses on competition between digital platforms. Since 2011, she has built a research program in digital currencies and blockchain technologies, including analyses of incentives in consensus protocols, cryptocurrency adoption, smart contracts, and token...
2022-12-2152 min
Talking about PlatformsFrom early platforms to cloud empires with Vili LehdonvirtaAbstract from the book we discuss with the author during the episode:
The rise of the platform economy into statelike dominance over the lives of entrepreneurs, users, and workers.
The early Internet was a lawless place, populated by scam artists who made buying or selling anything online risky business. Then Amazon, eBay, Upwork, and Apple established secure digital platforms for selling physical goods, crowdsourcing labor, and downloading apps. These tech giants have gone on to rule the Internet like autocrats. How did this happen? How did users and workers become the hapless subjects of online economic empires? The Internet was...
2022-12-0756 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform professionals and Web3 with Peter C. EvansThe skills platform professionals need, why there should be a Platform-MBA and how the emerging fields of decentralisation, NFTs and the Metaverse will increase the demand for people with a future-proof knowledge and skillset.
Peter's Bio: Peter C. Evans has over 20 years of experience leading teams in identifying, framing, assessing, and communicating high-priority marketplace trends and disruptions that support business planning and investment prioritization. He has held senior strategy, innovation and market intelligence roles at large global enterprises including General Electric, KPMG and IHS/CERA. Recognizing the strategic significance of platforms more than a decade ago, he led and...
2022-06-2248 min
Talking about PlatformsTrust and platform avoidance with Grace GuTrust and Disintermediation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Marketplace
Grace's Bio: Grace Gu is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the Carroll School of Management, Boston College. Her research interests lie in the intersection of technological innovation and strategic management, with a focus on technology strategies in the IT industry. One theme of Grace’s work examines disintermediation in online marketplaces. Her other work studies users’ ideological and composition shifts in more traditional online communities such as Wikipedia.
Link to Grace's website: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/carroll-school/faculty-research/faculty-directory/Grace-Gu.html
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2022-06-0836 min
Talking about PlatformsDigital colonization and platform regulation with Pinar Ozcan“Digital colonization” of highly regulated industries: an analysis of Big Tech platforms' entry into healthcare and education
Pinar's Bio: Pinar Ozcan is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. She also serves as the Director of the Oxford Future of Finance and Technology (Fintech) Initiative.
Pinar specializes in entrepreneurship and strategy in technology markets. Her current research includes the open banking project, where she examines the industry disruption in banking through regulation and entry of fintech, and the development of the sharing economy.
Pinar completed her Ph.D. at the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) at the...
2022-05-2531 min
Talking about PlatformsBlockchain-enabled platforms with Tommaso Buganza and Antonella MorettoAbstract from the paper we discuss with the author during the episode:
The importance of platform‐based businesses in the modern economy is growing continuously and becoming increasingly relevant. Specifically, the deployment of digital technologies has enhanced the applicability of two‐sided business models, enabling companies to act not just as builders and owners of assets, but as orchestrators of external resources. Management research has therefore focused increasingly on the unique aspects of this model. At the center of a two‐sided platform there is a platform provider that enables a transaction between the sides, reducing the relative transaction costs. Howeve...
2022-05-1133 min
Talking about PlatformsThe impact and the future of platforms with Martin F. Kenney and John ZysmanThe Platform Economy Matures: Measuring Pervasiveness and Exploring Power
John's Bio: Zysman received his B.A at Harvard and his Ph.D. at MIT. He has written has extensively on European and Japanese policy and corporate strategy; his interests also include comparative politics, Western European politics, and political economy. Zysman’s publications include The Highest Stakes: The Economic Foundations of the Next Security System (Oxford University Press, 1992), Manufacturing Matters: The Myth of the Post-Industrial Economy (Basic Books, 1987), and Governments, Markets, and Growth: Finance and the Politics of Industrial Change (Cornell University Press, 1983).
Martin's Bio: Martin Kenney is a...
2022-04-2741 min
Talking about PlatformsAlgorithmic management and platforms with Mareike MöhlmannAlgorithmic Management of Work on Online Labor Platforms: When Matching Meets Control
Mareike's Bio: Mareike is Assistant Professor in Bentley University's IPM department (since 2020). She conducts research in the field of information systems management. She is interested in platforms' use of digital technologies (e.g., matching algorithms or digital trust tools) and the effects on platform participants (e.g., Uber drivers or Airbnb users). Her major research interests are (1) algorithmic management on online labor platforms and the future of work, and (2) digital trust and reputation on (sharing economy) platforms. She conducts qualitative and quantitative research alike.
Previously...
2022-04-1336 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatform boundaries with Annabelle GawerDigital platforms’ boundaries: The interplay of firm scope, platform sides, and digital interfaces
Annabelle's Bio: A pioneer of international stature in the field of digital platforms, Prof Annabelle Gawer is Visiting Professor of Strategy and Innovation at Saïd Business School since September 2020. She is Chaired Professor in Digital Economy, Director of the Centre of Digital Economy (CoDE), and Head of the Department of Digital Economy, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation at the University of Surrey Business School. Her most recent 2019 book The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power explains how to build digital pla...
2022-03-3051 min
Talking about PlatformsPlatforms as market orchestrators with Joost RietveldMarket Orchestrators: The Effects of Certification on Platforms and Their Complementors
Joost's Bio: Joost (/Yoast/) Rietveld is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategy & Entrepreneurship at the UCL School of Management.
His research interests are at the intersection of technology strategy and innovation management. Joost’s research seeks to understand how inter-organizational dynamics, including platform-complementor relationships, alliances, and mergers and acquisitions, affect product-level outcomes. He is also interested in how digitization facilitates new and innovative ways of doing business including the freemium and platform-based business models.
Joost’s research has been published in highly rank...
2022-03-1639 min
Talking about PlatformsPiracy in the age of platforms with Milan MiricAbstract from the paper we discuss with the author during the episode
Research Summary
With the growth of digital platforms, understanding the role of property rights on those platforms has become increasingly important. Digital piracy, the unauthorized copying and distribution of digital products, is therefore an important strategic issue, both because of lost revenues and because it is thought to decrease innovation. Yet, while the latter effect is often argued, empirical evidence is limited. We study whether piracy affects innovation and whether it leads firms to shift to different types of innovations. By studying a large piracy event in a...
2022-03-0248 min
Talking about PlatformsTeaser
In the first episode, Daniel and Philip describe in one minute what Talking about Platforms is all about, what you can look forward to and why you should definitely subscribe so you don't miss the upcoming episodes.
TaP will start with the first season of eight episodes and publish new episodes every other week.
2022-03-0201 min
Officine ItaliaE06 - Dall'idea alla soluzione: la "cassetta degli attrezzi" di Officine ItaliaCome arrivare da un'idea ad una soluzione concreta? Come permettere a persone spesso sconosciute di collaborare da remoto? Come aiutare i partecipanti a convergere su una soluzione in solo 48 ore di lavoro? Vi raccontiamo come abbiamo creato la nostra "cassetta degli attrezzi" facendo leva sui processi di Design Thinking con strumenti come il Business Model Canvas. Ospiti speciali della puntata sono Daniel Trabucchi e Stefano Magistretti, Assistant Professors al Politecnico di Milano e ospiti delle “pillole metodologiche” create per l’evento OI. Voci: Daniel, Diletta, Stefano, Valeria
2020-07-2421 min