Ideas Made to Matter Platform Strategy

An expert approach to platform strategies

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MIT Sloan professor Michael Cusumano on building and winning platform business models — and how to avoid the ‘winner’s curse.’

Oct 22, 2019
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Ideas Made to Matter Platform Strategy

Which industries are ready for platform transformation

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Platform disruption is coming for more and more businesses. Here’s how to figure out if yours is one of them.

Sep 30, 2019
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Ideas Made to Matter Social Media

A 4-step plan for fighting social media manipulation

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“Without an organized research agenda that informs policy, democracies will remain vulnerable to foreign and domestic attacks.”

Aug 29, 2019
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Ideas Made to Matter Platform Strategy

Enterprises embrace the platform

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Online marketplaces aren’t just for startups. Here’s how Barclays Bank and Albertsons Cos. are capitalizing on an ecosystem of partners.

Aug 9, 2019
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Ideas Made to Matter Digital Economy

MIT Sloan researchers shortlisted for Thinkers50 awards

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The Thinkers50 awards honor business thought leaders. Here’s a look at attention-getting insights from MIT Sloan researchers who made the shortlist.

Aug 1, 2019
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Ideas Made to Matter Platform Strategy

3 forces pushing on the platform economy

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Experts weigh in on regulations, new technology, and inverted firms.

Jul 31, 2019
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Ideas Made to Matter Platform Strategy

Digital platforms: High valuations, high risk

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Two types of platforms. And six ways things can go wrong.

May 8, 2019
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Ideas Made to Matter Digital Economy

Diving deep into the digital economy

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A look at 2018’s research, events, and achievements from the Initiative on the Digital Economy.

Feb 22, 2019
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Ideas Made to Matter Social Media

Crowdsourced ratings of online news quality may actually work

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People are nearly as good as fact-checkers at sussing out unreliable news sources, a new study finds.

Jan 28, 2019
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Ideas Made to Matter Social Media

Social media advertising can boost or beat fake news

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New research shows social media advertising can spread falsehoods or amplify facts.

Dec 19, 2018
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