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Marshall Van Alstyne
Boston University & MIT
marshall@mit.edu
InfoEcon@twitter.com
Platform Shift: How New Biz Models
Are Changing the Shape of Industry
Gartner Research Board March 11, 2015
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InterBrand: 2013 Best Global Brands
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These Grew Fastest
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These are Platforms
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Dominated by Platforms
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Platform Firms Becoming More Important in Economy
3 of top 5 firms in 2015 by market cap.
FIRM MARKET CAP
Apple 627
Exxon Mobile 385
Microsoft 377
Berkshire Hathaway
357
Google 344
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Platform Firms Becoming More Important in Economy
% of top 20 firms by market cap since 2001
Percentage of Platform Firms weighted by MKT CAP
(2001-2014)
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014
MKTCAPWeightedPlatform
Firms
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The Product Business
Model is Broken
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The Product Business Model is Broken
In 2009, BlackBerry had nearly 50% market share in
U.S. operating systems, according to IDC. Now: 2.1%
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
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1980-2000 Microsoft Platform Beats Apple Product
Apple launched the PC revolution but Microsoft licensed
widely, built a huge developer ecosystem, 6X larger.
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Apple Feb 5, 1996
Michael Dell - ”Shut it down and give the money back to the
shareholders.”
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Interbrand: 2014 Best Global Brands
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Nike Builds a Biz Platform
14
15
1. Enumerate embeddable features: salty,
citrus, sour, toasted, …
2. Get consumer preferences
3. Match to best recipes
4. Mix new combinations, help users create
& upload, allow ratings, build a
community
How would you create a platform around spice?
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16
Create a whole geometry of flavor combinations
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Products Have Features, Platforms Have Communities
Definition: A platform is an open
architecture together with a governance
model.
Platform Potential: System must
provide a useful function or service and
should provide 3rd party access.
Platform Purpose: The goal of the
platform is to consummate the match –
more & better! Subgoals are seed creation
& consumption.
Any enterprise that grows in value by adding
information / community can be transformed.
The greater the proportion of value, the
sooner it will transform.
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Services
Protected by Credentialing, Complexity, Regulation & Hard Assets
Consumer
Goods
Home Goods Automotive
Conslt: Eden MacC
Labor : oDesk
$$$: eToro, Kickstr
News : Twitter
Insurance : ?
Law : LegalZoom
Education : edX
Art & Craft : Etsy
Apparel:Lee & Fung
Shirts : Threadless
Shoes : Nike Fuel
Watches : Apple
Thermostat : Nest
Lighting : Philips
Appliance : Haier
Rides : Uber
Cars : 3d Printed
Cars : Mercedes
Info & Tech
Games : Nintendo
Cloud : AWS
Search : Google
OS : MS Windows
Maps : Google APIs
PDF : Adobe
Movies : Netflix
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Food & Agri
Protected by Credentialing, Complexity, Regulation & Hard Assets
Crop Yield : IBM
Spices : McCormick
Energy &
Mining
Heavy Industry Government
Farming : eChoupal
Mining : Gold Corp
Utility : EnerNOC
Tractors : Hitachi
Engines : GE Predix City : Singapore
Medicine
Devices : Biomet
MRI : Cohealo
Healthcare:Harvard
SHIfT HAPPENS
So Why Now?
It’s more than SMAC
Platforms Draw Value from
Communities & Network Effects
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Network Effects
Value rises as more people use
the platform
Metcalfe’s Law
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How are these Related?
Each Side Attracts More of the Other
eBay Buyers
Uber Riders
Xbox Gamers
Amex CardHolders
Aga Khan Patients
YouTube Viewers
AirBnb Renters
Tesla Car Drivers
Mechanical Turk Jobs
LinkedIn Employees
Android Users
eBay Sellers
Uber Drivers
Xbox Developers
Amex Merchants
Aga Khan Doctors
YouTube Videographers
AirBnb Rooms
Tesla Charge Stations
Mechanical Turk Laborers
LinkedIn Employers
Android Developers
More Amex Users
… get more Amex Merchants…
More Amex Merchants
… get more Amex Users…
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More Android Users
… get more Android Developers…
More Android Developers
… get more Android Users…
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In any market with network effects, the focus of
attention must shift from inside to outside the firm.
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Reason: You can’t scale network effects inside as
easily as outside.
Source: Marshall Van Alstyne
Why Platforms Beat Products Every Time
See ‘’Platform Envelopment’’ (2011) Strategic Management Journal, Eisenmann, Parker & Van Alstyne
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Apple iPod pre-Platform
(1) Product First Thinking
(2) Standard linear value chain
(3) User bought music retail (or P2P)
(4) Minimal network effects
Music
Producer
ListenerApple iPod Retailer
$ $ $
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Apple Platform
Apple iPod Combined with iTunes
Music
Producer
Listener Retailer
$ $ $
Apple iPod
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Apple iPod post-Platform
(1) Remove supply chain inefficiency
(2) Triangular platform supply network
(3) Apple owns financial chokepoint
(4) Apple helps users find content
(5) Stronger network effects
User Content
Apple
$$
$
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Sony could have done this. It has many great standalone products.
Google is not making this mistake with Android
How Apple is Killing Standalone Platforms
Lumia
Usr
Dvp
r
PSP
Usr
Ga
m
MP3
User Music
Video
TV
Games
Dvpr
Web
HTM
L
eBooks
Publi
Calls
User
Zune
Usr Mus
MicrosoftSonyNokia
Apple has vastly stronger network effects.
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Zune
Usr Mus
Microsoft
How Apple is Killing Standalone Platforms
Lumia
Usr
Dvp
r
PSP
Usr
Ga
m
MP3
User Music
Video
TV
Games
Dvpr
Web
HTM
L
eBooks
Publi
Calls
User
SonyNokia
So what happened?
2007 Today 2007 Today
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Message for you: A great standalone product is not sufficient.
Polycom
Speakerphone
R1P1 U1 R1P1 U1
Cisco
Flip Camera
R1P1 U1
HP
Calculator
How Apple is Killing Standalone Platforms
MP3
User Music
Video
TV
Games
Dvpr
Web
HTM
L
eBook
s
Publi
Calls
User
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MP3
User Music
Video
TV
Games
Dvpr
Web
HTM
L
eBooks
Publi
Calls
User
Photo
Usr Upld
Flickr
Blkbry
Usr Dvpr
RIM
GPS
Usr Upld
TomTom
How Apple is Killing Standalone Platforms
Message for you: A great standalone product is not sufficient.
Wear
Fitness
© 2012 Zimedia
Why Apple isn’t Killing Kindle: Amazon Ecosystem
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The giants of the Internet era resemble those of the
Industrial era but for the opposite reason.
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Source: Marshall Van Alstyne
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Giants of Demand Side Economies of scale
Westinghouse
Dynamo
1893
Ford Model T
1908
Carnegie Steel
1905
Vanderbilt
Colossus of
(Rail) Roads
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Giants of Demand Side Economies of scale
Micro Blog
Now
Social Networks
Now
Windows OS
1990s-00s
Matched Mkts
Now
Monetizing Platforms Means Free Pricing is Profitable
What changes :: Marketing & Prices
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See ‘’Strategies for Two Sided Markets” (2006) Harvard Business Review Eisenmann, Parker & Van Alstyne
For work on antitrust
regulation, market power
& two-sided platforms
Jean Tirole: Nobel Laureate in Economics 2015
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Nobel Prize in Economics 2014
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To Price a Platform with Network Effects, Who Gets the Subsidy?
If markets are independent, collect profits in both.
Price
Quantity
Market One
q1
p1
Price
Quantity
Market Two
q2
p2
See "Two Sided Network Effects” (2006) Management Science, Parker & Van Alstyne
But if markets are coupled, discounting one builds demand in the
other.
Price
Market One
Quantity
q1
p1
p1
q1
Price
Market Two
Quantity
q2
p2
p2
q2
See "Two Sided Network Effects” (2006) Management Science, Parker & Van Alstyne
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There are 2 types of Free
1. Cellphones & Minutes,
Razors & Blades
2. eBay, Amex, Google, Amazon
all use 2-sided platform
pricing.
Platform
Group 2Group 1
Corporate valuation models that underestimate
market expansion due to network effects fail to invest
What Changes :: Finance
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• Estimate global taxi market
• Estimate market share
• Est. risk adjusted cash flow
• Consider proprietary
methods, barriers to
competition
• Value: $5.9 Billion
Aswath Damodaran: NYU Finance professor, Corporate
Valuation author, Herb Simon Prize.
Bill Gurley: Venture Capitalist, OpenTable, Zillow, Uber
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• All true but overlooking
network effects.
• Prices decline expanding to
rental car market and car
replacement market and
delivery market.
• Oh, BTW, already 3x size in
2009 when Uber started.
• Value: $17 Billion
Source: David Sacks, COO PayPal, CEO Yammer
Platforms Unlock New Value from Spare Resources
and User Generated Content
What Changes :: Supply Chains
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AirBnb sells users’ spare rooms, competing
with hotels that must own them
RelayRides sells users’ spare cars,
competing with rental firms that must
own them
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Instagram sold for
$1B not because of
contributions from 13
employees but from 30
million users
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2005
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``In 2015, Uber, the world’s largest
taxi company owns no vehicles,
Facebook the world’s most popular
media owner creates no content,
Alibaba the most valuable retailer
has no inventory, and Airbnb the
world’s largest hotelier owns no
real estate.’’
Tom Goodwin, Sr. VP of Strategy Havas Media
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Employees Must See Across the Platform,
which Must Support a Shared Data Layer
What Changes :: Internal Organization
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Sony was a virtual
Galapagos of holding
companies
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1. All teams will expose their data…
2. Teams must communicate
through interfaces.
3. … no other form of interprocess
communication allowed
4. Interfaces, without exception,
must be externalizable.
5. Anyone who doesn’t do this will
be fired.
Bezos Platform Mandate
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Source: Yegge Rant
Platforms Open Themselves to Third Party
Contributions
What Changes :: Innovation
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A platform is a system that
can be… adapted to
countless needs and
niches that the platform’s
original developers could
not possibly have
contemplated…”
Mark Andreessen: Venture Capitalist, Netscape
Founder, Board HP, eBay© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
Source: “The 3 kinds of Platform you Meet on the Internet” – Sept 16, 2007.
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It’s Working when Users do Something You Didn’t Expect
Hay Carrier
RacecarFlour Mill
Ford Model T
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It’s Working when Users do Something You Didn’t Expect
Snowmobile
Goat
Carrier
Sawmill
Mobile
Church
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− Open to .com”
Open to developers −
The Rise & Ignominius Fall of MySpace – Business Week 2011
Does Openness Work?
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The Rise & Ignominius Fall of MySpace – Business Week 2011
‘‘We tried to create every feature in the world and said,
‘O.K., we can do it, why should we let a third party do it?’ ‘’
says (MySpace cofounder) DeWolfe.
‘’We should have picked 5 to 10 key features that we totally
focused on and let other people innovate on everything
else.’’
Does Openness Work?
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Most firms can only concentrate on
most valuable apps
Profits increase when others add
to platform’s Long Tail
You don’t need to
own this
Platforms Get Enormous Value from 3rd Party Developers
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 Consider product innovation alone
 Harnessing 3rd party resources,
innovation occurs at a higher
combined rate
 Even if a platform starts behind, its
value overtakes the product leader
 ‘’Permissionless Innovation”
protects information asymmetry.
 Not only does this fill ecosystem
space, hard problems get solved by
multiple attempts.
 Shed costs, keep 30% gains!
Why Platforms Beat Products
Time
ValueAdded
Platforms will Displace Gatekeepers with
Meritocratic Crowds
What Changes :: Industry Bottlenecks
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Forget designers, product
buyers, marketers. Threadless
uses crowd to guarantee sales.
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Advice from travelers
replaces that of travel
agents
Goal shifts from control, entry barriers, and
differentiation to more valuable market exchanges.
What Changes :: Strategy
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1. Goal is a protected market niche,
emphasizing industry barriers
2. Categories are sharp
3. Weapon is cost leadership or
product differentiation
4. Inimitable resources you own
provide sustained advantage
5. Core competence: focus what you
do best
Porter’s Five Forces & Resource Based View
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Platform Strategy Differs
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1. Goal is transactions volume &
creating customer value. Network
effects provide sustainability
Platform Strategy Differs
© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
1. Goal is transactions volume &
creating customer value. Network
effects provide sustainability.
2. Boundaries can be altered
Platform Strategy Differs
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1. Goal is transactions volume &
creating customer value. Network
effects provide sustainability.
2. Boundaries can be altered
3. Competition is multi-layered,
more like 3D chess.
Platform Strategy Differs
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Owned / inimitable
resources
Profits increase when others
add to platform’s Long Tail
You don’t need to
own this
1. Goal is transactions volume &
creating customer value. Network
effects provide sustainability.
2. Boundaries can be altered
3. Competition is multi-layered,
more like 3D chess.
4. Don’t need to own inimitable
resources. Have them join you!
What’s Next?
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City as Platform
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Energy/Smart Grid as Platform
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Education as Platform
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Healthcare as Platform
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If you believe in the power of people connecting,
then embrace platforms.
If you convert your product/service to a platform,
what would it do, what community would it serve?
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THANK YOU
QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION
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Platform Shift: How New Business Models Are Changing the Shape of Industry

  • 1. Barcelona, Spain • October 29-31, 2015 © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Marshall Van Alstyne Boston University & MIT marshall@mit.edu InfoEcon@twitter.com Platform Shift: How New Biz Models Are Changing the Shape of Industry Gartner Research Board March 11, 2015
  • 2. 2© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com InterBrand: 2013 Best Global Brands
  • 3. 3© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com These Grew Fastest
  • 4. 4© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com These are Platforms
  • 5. 5© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Dominated by Platforms
  • 6. 6© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Platform Firms Becoming More Important in Economy 3 of top 5 firms in 2015 by market cap. FIRM MARKET CAP Apple 627 Exxon Mobile 385 Microsoft 377 Berkshire Hathaway 357 Google 344
  • 7. 7© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Platform Firms Becoming More Important in Economy % of top 20 firms by market cap since 2001 Percentage of Platform Firms weighted by MKT CAP (2001-2014) 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 MKTCAPWeightedPlatform Firms
  • 8. 8© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com The Product Business Model is Broken © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 9. 9© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com The Product Business Model is Broken In 2009, BlackBerry had nearly 50% market share in U.S. operating systems, according to IDC. Now: 2.1% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%
  • 10. 10© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com 1980-2000 Microsoft Platform Beats Apple Product Apple launched the PC revolution but Microsoft licensed widely, built a huge developer ecosystem, 6X larger.
  • 11. 11© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Apple Feb 5, 1996 Michael Dell - ”Shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.”
  • 12. 12© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Interbrand: 2014 Best Global Brands
  • 13. 13© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Nike Builds a Biz Platform
  • 14. 14
  • 15. 15 1. Enumerate embeddable features: salty, citrus, sour, toasted, … 2. Get consumer preferences 3. Match to best recipes 4. Mix new combinations, help users create & upload, allow ratings, build a community How would you create a platform around spice? © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 16. 16 Create a whole geometry of flavor combinations
  • 17. 17© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Products Have Features, Platforms Have Communities Definition: A platform is an open architecture together with a governance model. Platform Potential: System must provide a useful function or service and should provide 3rd party access. Platform Purpose: The goal of the platform is to consummate the match – more & better! Subgoals are seed creation & consumption.
  • 18. Any enterprise that grows in value by adding information / community can be transformed. The greater the proportion of value, the sooner it will transform. © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 19. © 2014 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Services Protected by Credentialing, Complexity, Regulation & Hard Assets Consumer Goods Home Goods Automotive Conslt: Eden MacC Labor : oDesk $$$: eToro, Kickstr News : Twitter Insurance : ? Law : LegalZoom Education : edX Art & Craft : Etsy Apparel:Lee & Fung Shirts : Threadless Shoes : Nike Fuel Watches : Apple Thermostat : Nest Lighting : Philips Appliance : Haier Rides : Uber Cars : 3d Printed Cars : Mercedes Info & Tech Games : Nintendo Cloud : AWS Search : Google OS : MS Windows Maps : Google APIs PDF : Adobe Movies : Netflix
  • 20. © 2014 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Food & Agri Protected by Credentialing, Complexity, Regulation & Hard Assets Crop Yield : IBM Spices : McCormick Energy & Mining Heavy Industry Government Farming : eChoupal Mining : Gold Corp Utility : EnerNOC Tractors : Hitachi Engines : GE Predix City : Singapore Medicine Devices : Biomet MRI : Cohealo Healthcare:Harvard
  • 21. SHIfT HAPPENS So Why Now? It’s more than SMAC Platforms Draw Value from Communities & Network Effects © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 22. © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Network Effects Value rises as more people use the platform Metcalfe’s Law
  • 23. 23© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com How are these Related? Each Side Attracts More of the Other eBay Buyers Uber Riders Xbox Gamers Amex CardHolders Aga Khan Patients YouTube Viewers AirBnb Renters Tesla Car Drivers Mechanical Turk Jobs LinkedIn Employees Android Users eBay Sellers Uber Drivers Xbox Developers Amex Merchants Aga Khan Doctors YouTube Videographers AirBnb Rooms Tesla Charge Stations Mechanical Turk Laborers LinkedIn Employers Android Developers
  • 24. More Amex Users … get more Amex Merchants… More Amex Merchants … get more Amex Users… © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 25. More Android Users … get more Android Developers… More Android Developers … get more Android Users… © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 26. In any market with network effects, the focus of attention must shift from inside to outside the firm. © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Reason: You can’t scale network effects inside as easily as outside. Source: Marshall Van Alstyne
  • 27. Why Platforms Beat Products Every Time See ‘’Platform Envelopment’’ (2011) Strategic Management Journal, Eisenmann, Parker & Van Alstyne © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 28. 28© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Apple iPod pre-Platform (1) Product First Thinking (2) Standard linear value chain (3) User bought music retail (or P2P) (4) Minimal network effects Music Producer ListenerApple iPod Retailer $ $ $
  • 29. 29© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Apple Platform Apple iPod Combined with iTunes Music Producer Listener Retailer $ $ $ Apple iPod
  • 30. 30© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Apple iPod post-Platform (1) Remove supply chain inefficiency (2) Triangular platform supply network (3) Apple owns financial chokepoint (4) Apple helps users find content (5) Stronger network effects User Content Apple $$ $
  • 31. 31© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Sony could have done this. It has many great standalone products. Google is not making this mistake with Android How Apple is Killing Standalone Platforms Lumia Usr Dvp r PSP Usr Ga m MP3 User Music Video TV Games Dvpr Web HTM L eBooks Publi Calls User Zune Usr Mus MicrosoftSonyNokia Apple has vastly stronger network effects.
  • 32. 32© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Zune Usr Mus Microsoft How Apple is Killing Standalone Platforms Lumia Usr Dvp r PSP Usr Ga m MP3 User Music Video TV Games Dvpr Web HTM L eBooks Publi Calls User SonyNokia So what happened? 2007 Today 2007 Today
  • 33. 33© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Message for you: A great standalone product is not sufficient. Polycom Speakerphone R1P1 U1 R1P1 U1 Cisco Flip Camera R1P1 U1 HP Calculator How Apple is Killing Standalone Platforms MP3 User Music Video TV Games Dvpr Web HTM L eBook s Publi Calls User
  • 34. 34© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com MP3 User Music Video TV Games Dvpr Web HTM L eBooks Publi Calls User Photo Usr Upld Flickr Blkbry Usr Dvpr RIM GPS Usr Upld TomTom How Apple is Killing Standalone Platforms Message for you: A great standalone product is not sufficient. Wear Fitness
  • 35. © 2012 Zimedia Why Apple isn’t Killing Kindle: Amazon Ecosystem © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 36. The giants of the Internet era resemble those of the Industrial era but for the opposite reason. © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Source: Marshall Van Alstyne
  • 37. 37© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Giants of Demand Side Economies of scale Westinghouse Dynamo 1893 Ford Model T 1908 Carnegie Steel 1905 Vanderbilt Colossus of (Rail) Roads
  • 38. 38© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Giants of Demand Side Economies of scale Micro Blog Now Social Networks Now Windows OS 1990s-00s Matched Mkts Now
  • 39. Monetizing Platforms Means Free Pricing is Profitable What changes :: Marketing & Prices © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com See ‘’Strategies for Two Sided Markets” (2006) Harvard Business Review Eisenmann, Parker & Van Alstyne
  • 40. For work on antitrust regulation, market power & two-sided platforms Jean Tirole: Nobel Laureate in Economics 2015 © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Nobel Prize in Economics 2014
  • 41. 41© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com To Price a Platform with Network Effects, Who Gets the Subsidy?
  • 42. If markets are independent, collect profits in both. Price Quantity Market One q1 p1 Price Quantity Market Two q2 p2 See "Two Sided Network Effects” (2006) Management Science, Parker & Van Alstyne
  • 43. But if markets are coupled, discounting one builds demand in the other. Price Market One Quantity q1 p1 p1 q1 Price Market Two Quantity q2 p2 p2 q2 See "Two Sided Network Effects” (2006) Management Science, Parker & Van Alstyne
  • 44. 44© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com There are 2 types of Free 1. Cellphones & Minutes, Razors & Blades 2. eBay, Amex, Google, Amazon all use 2-sided platform pricing. Platform Group 2Group 1
  • 45. Corporate valuation models that underestimate market expansion due to network effects fail to invest What Changes :: Finance © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 46. © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com • Estimate global taxi market • Estimate market share • Est. risk adjusted cash flow • Consider proprietary methods, barriers to competition • Value: $5.9 Billion Aswath Damodaran: NYU Finance professor, Corporate Valuation author, Herb Simon Prize.
  • 47. Bill Gurley: Venture Capitalist, OpenTable, Zillow, Uber © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com • All true but overlooking network effects. • Prices decline expanding to rental car market and car replacement market and delivery market. • Oh, BTW, already 3x size in 2009 when Uber started. • Value: $17 Billion Source: David Sacks, COO PayPal, CEO Yammer
  • 48. Platforms Unlock New Value from Spare Resources and User Generated Content What Changes :: Supply Chains © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 49. AirBnb sells users’ spare rooms, competing with hotels that must own them RelayRides sells users’ spare cars, competing with rental firms that must own them © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 50. Instagram sold for $1B not because of contributions from 13 employees but from 30 million users © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 51. 51© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com 2005 2013© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
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  • 53. ``In 2015, Uber, the world’s largest taxi company owns no vehicles, Facebook the world’s most popular media owner creates no content, Alibaba the most valuable retailer has no inventory, and Airbnb the world’s largest hotelier owns no real estate.’’ Tom Goodwin, Sr. VP of Strategy Havas Media © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 54. Employees Must See Across the Platform, which Must Support a Shared Data Layer What Changes :: Internal Organization © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 55. Sony was a virtual Galapagos of holding companies © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 56. 56© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 57. 1. All teams will expose their data… 2. Teams must communicate through interfaces. 3. … no other form of interprocess communication allowed 4. Interfaces, without exception, must be externalizable. 5. Anyone who doesn’t do this will be fired. Bezos Platform Mandate © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Source: Yegge Rant
  • 58. Platforms Open Themselves to Third Party Contributions What Changes :: Innovation © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 59. A platform is a system that can be… adapted to countless needs and niches that the platform’s original developers could not possibly have contemplated…” Mark Andreessen: Venture Capitalist, Netscape Founder, Board HP, eBay© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Source: “The 3 kinds of Platform you Meet on the Internet” – Sept 16, 2007.
  • 60. 60© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com It’s Working when Users do Something You Didn’t Expect Hay Carrier RacecarFlour Mill Ford Model T
  • 61. 61© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com It’s Working when Users do Something You Didn’t Expect Snowmobile Goat Carrier Sawmill Mobile Church
  • 62. 62© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com − Open to .com” Open to developers − The Rise & Ignominius Fall of MySpace – Business Week 2011 Does Openness Work?
  • 63. 63© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com The Rise & Ignominius Fall of MySpace – Business Week 2011 ‘‘We tried to create every feature in the world and said, ‘O.K., we can do it, why should we let a third party do it?’ ‘’ says (MySpace cofounder) DeWolfe. ‘’We should have picked 5 to 10 key features that we totally focused on and let other people innovate on everything else.’’ Does Openness Work?
  • 64. 64© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Most firms can only concentrate on most valuable apps Profits increase when others add to platform’s Long Tail You don’t need to own this Platforms Get Enormous Value from 3rd Party Developers
  • 65. 65© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com  Consider product innovation alone  Harnessing 3rd party resources, innovation occurs at a higher combined rate  Even if a platform starts behind, its value overtakes the product leader  ‘’Permissionless Innovation” protects information asymmetry.  Not only does this fill ecosystem space, hard problems get solved by multiple attempts.  Shed costs, keep 30% gains! Why Platforms Beat Products Time ValueAdded
  • 66. Platforms will Displace Gatekeepers with Meritocratic Crowds What Changes :: Industry Bottlenecks © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 67. 67© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 68. Forget designers, product buyers, marketers. Threadless uses crowd to guarantee sales. © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Advice from travelers replaces that of travel agents
  • 69. Goal shifts from control, entry barriers, and differentiation to more valuable market exchanges. What Changes :: Strategy © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 70. 1. Goal is a protected market niche, emphasizing industry barriers 2. Categories are sharp 3. Weapon is cost leadership or product differentiation 4. Inimitable resources you own provide sustained advantage 5. Core competence: focus what you do best Porter’s Five Forces & Resource Based View © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 71. Platform Strategy Differs © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com 1. Goal is transactions volume & creating customer value. Network effects provide sustainability
  • 72. Platform Strategy Differs © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com 1. Goal is transactions volume & creating customer value. Network effects provide sustainability. 2. Boundaries can be altered
  • 73. Platform Strategy Differs © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com 1. Goal is transactions volume & creating customer value. Network effects provide sustainability. 2. Boundaries can be altered 3. Competition is multi-layered, more like 3D chess.
  • 74. Platform Strategy Differs © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Owned / inimitable resources Profits increase when others add to platform’s Long Tail You don’t need to own this 1. Goal is transactions volume & creating customer value. Network effects provide sustainability. 2. Boundaries can be altered 3. Competition is multi-layered, more like 3D chess. 4. Don’t need to own inimitable resources. Have them join you!
  • 75. What’s Next? © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 76. 76© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com City as Platform
  • 77. 77© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Energy/Smart Grid as Platform
  • 78. 78© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Education as Platform
  • 79. 79© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com Healthcare as Platform
  • 80. 80© 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com If you believe in the power of people connecting, then embrace platforms. If you convert your product/service to a platform, what would it do, what community would it serve? © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com
  • 81. THANK YOU QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION © 2015 Parker, Van Alstyne & ChoudaryTwitter: @InfoEcon :: marshall@mit.edu :: PlatformEconomics.com marshall@mit.edu Twitter: @InfoEcon Find research HERE. Find blog posts HERE.