The Industrial Organization of Markets with Two-Sided Platforms

By David A. Evans, R. Schmalensee, David S. Evans. 2007

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Introduction - Platforms and Infrastructures in the Digital Age (2018, background): “In other words, control mechanisms let platform owners enforce rules that reward and punish behavior, and establish best practices on the platform (Evans and Schmalensee 2007).”
On open innovation, platforms, and entrepreneurship (2018, background): “In essence, a platform provides a common foundation and a venue for a wide range of entities to converge in creating and delivering value to their customers (Evans & Schmalensee, 2007) and, in the process, generate both economies of scale and scope in innovation (Gawer, 2014).”
Semi-collusion in media markets (2011, background): “The implications for antitrust policy are discussed in Armstrong (2006), Evans (2003) and Evans and Schmalensee (2007).”
The Role of IS Capabilities in the Development of Multi-Sided Platforms: The Digital Ecosystem Strategy of Alibaba.com (2015, background): “These entities could include the suppliers, producers, intermediaries, customers, and complementors in a business network (Adner & Kapoor, 2010; Cusumano & Gawer, 2002) that " need each other in some way " (Evans & Schmalensee, 2007, p. 152).”
Scoping the Sharing Economy: Origins, Definitions, Impact and Regulatory Issues (2016, background): “Its relevance, in fact, has to do with competition policy implications that have been addressed by several authors (Evans, 2003a; Evans & Noel, 2005; Evans & Schmalensee, 2007; Wright, 2004); some economic principles routinely used in competition policy do not hold when markets are two-sided or…”
Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay: Is the Internet driving competition or market monopolization? (2014, background): “Google, Youtube, Facebook, and Skype are typical examples for Internet firms who currently dominate their relevant markets and who leave only limited space for a relatively small competitive fringe.”