Are Tesla's Supercharger Layoffs Bad News for California and Its Electric Car Push?
Elon Musk enacted a fresh round of layoffs at Tesla
Layoffs at Tesla threaten California's plans to open up Tesla's Superchargers to all electric vehicles. “Supercharging is the big golden goose,” said Professor Hemant Bhargava. “They’re the number one gas station for the electric vehicle industry.”
Fending Off Critics of Platform Power with Differential Revenue Sharing: Doing Well by Doing Good?
Under mounting societal pressure, prominent players in the platform industry, such as Apple, have initiated alterations to their platform policies and design strategies. One notable adjustment involves the implementation of revenue-sharing models
The Creator Economy: Managing Ecosystem Supply, Revenue-Sharing, and Platform Design
The “creator economy” model, in which a platform organizes and distributes goods and digital content from numerous creators to millions of viewers, underlies the business model of many dominant firms today (e.g., Snap Games, Twitch, Jinri Toutiao)
Bundling for Flexibility and Variety: An Economic Model for Multi-Producer Value Aggregation
A new business form that is increasingly prominent, especially in platform business models, is an economic structure in which value is co-created by multiple producers and aggregated into a common bundle by a producer-consortium or independent firm
Tesla’s Advantage: EVs Cannot Succeed Without Developing Parallel Supercharging Networks
Management scholars argue for platform model with both vehicle and chargers
Traditional carmakers are spending billions on developing EVs. But they should take a leaf out of Tesla’s books and invest in a supercharger network to support their cars.
The Business of Electric Vehicles: A Platform Perspective
While platform business tactics are very visible and dominant in industries and firms that have embraced platform thinking, many businesses and firms are engaged in a platform game without realizing it, often to negative consequences. This article
Google Antitrust Case Suggests Apple Should Be in Crosshairs Too
A leading expert in platform markets, Professor Hemant Bhargava believes the Google-Apple search agreement seems more like a damning indictment of Apple’s own potentially illegal business practices.
Cell Phone Savings Calculator, Best Plans for iPhone Users
With the iPhone 12 unveiling, Professor Hemant Bhargava discusses the impact of Apple's new "iPhone every year" plan, and the range of plan contracts and coverages.
Platform Data Strategy
This paper provides an analysis and guidelines for developing data strategy for different types of platforms, and it identifies promising research opportunities into platform data strategy to better inform future academic research, strategic decision
How Efficient are Decentralized Auction Platforms?
Decentralized auction platforms, such as eBay, have become integral components of today's global economy. In examining the inner workings of such platforms, our analysis reveals that a substantial portion of these auctions—just over one-third—result
Are big tech firms too powerful to regulate?
Do the tech industry’s four most powerful players - Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google - have too much power?
These tech titans attended a congressional hearing last week, where lawmakers tried to find out whether they have used unfair business
Using Machine Learning to Predict Price Dispersion
Theory suggests two sources of price dispersion: market frictions or perceived product heterogeneity. With our application of machine learning to a richer set of variables, based on our raw HTML pages of eBay posted-price listings, we can explain 26%
Sales Force Compensation Design for Two-Sided Market Platforms
Mutli-sided platforms typically thrive on the positive feedback loop of indirect network effects. However, many platforms also have to engage in active selling, through the use of sales agents to mobilize network participants. This paper is the first
Did You Experience the Platform Economy Today?
Platform-enabled marketplaces, and other Internet-based goods and products with digital components and network effects are transforming the very idea of what a business is, how it creates value, and how it should be managed.
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Why Google is Expanding Into Hardware and Why Now
Google recently announced a major move into several hardware products: Google Pixel (smartphones), Daydream View (virtual reality), Google Home (digital home) and Google Assistant (AI-based personal assistant).
Adapt or Die: Platforms, Timing, and … Do Platforms beat Products?
It was a lot of fun attending Apigee’s “Adapt or Die” event on September 27 in the heart of San Francisco, and speaking on the panel “Who Ubers Who: How to Survive and Thrive in a Digital World of Mash-Ups, Matchmakers, and Marketplaces.” The best
Platform Technologies and Network Goods: Insights on Product Launch and Management
Entrepreneurs dealing with platform and network goods often grapple with a tough choice: prioritize growth or profitability. This challenge intensifies when they launch just one product, constraining excellence in either direction. To balance this