Daniel Trabucchi, Tommaso Buganza and Philip Meier

Talking about Platforms

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We bring the latest discoveries from the field platform research right into your preferred podcasting app. Digital platforms are omnipresent in almost all of our daily activities – from booking a fitness class to sending or watching a video clip, going through calling a cab, and ordering a pizza…even listening to this podcast – are mediated by multi-sided platforms. Talking About Platforms is the place where we discover and try to make sense of the underlying mechanisms that have enabled and facilitated the rise of the platforms. We enter a critical discussion on what they can become for peopl...

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Daniel Trabucchi, Tommaso Buganza and Philip Meier

Episodes

Value Creation in Digital Platforms with Sabine Baumann 01.04.2026 35:39

Digital Optimism with Payal Arora 25.03.2026 43:12

Nested Platforms with Elizabeth Altman and Mary Tripsas 11.03.2026 57:55

Incumbents, Platforms, and Beliefs with Alessio Cozzolino 18.02.2026 45:58

Boundary Resources and Supply Sides with Kimmo Karhu 05.02.2026 37:41

B2B Platforms and Industrial Organizations with Virginia Springer and Krithika Randhawa 21.01.2026 54:57

Platform Governance for Established Companies with Maximilian Schreieck 17.12.2025 36:05

AI Restacking the Knowledge Economy with Sangeet Paul Choudary 05.11.2025 58:00

The Digital Phoenix Effect with Daniel Trabucchi and Tommaso Buganza 23.07.2025 34:53

The Platform Revolution with Geoffrey G. Parker 26.03.2025 48:22

Platform Classics: Towards a theory of ecosystems 21.03.2025 22:15

Industrial and B2B Platforms with Marin Jovanovic 19.03.2025 38:45

Platform Classics: Organizing for innovation in the digitized world 14.03.2025 20:17

Social Media and Behavioural Impacts with Pinar Yildirim 12.03.2025 46:26

Platform Classics: Platform Envelopment 07.03.2025 14:20

Crypto Economics and Open Source Platforms with Mariia Petryk 05.03.2025 48:41

Platform Classics: A Price Theory of Multi-Sided Platforms 28.02.2025 16:35

Data, Organizations, and Platforms with Cristina Alaimo 26.02.2025 49:26

Platform Classics: Value Creation in Innovation Ecosystems 21.02.2025 14:09

Algorithmic Management with Lindsey Cameron 19.02.2025 39:22

Platform Classics: Industry Platforms and Ecosystem Innovation 14.02.2025 15:48

This 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...

Platform and Innovation System Design with Kevin Boudreau 12.02.2025 44:32

In this episode, Kevin Boudreau discusses his research on platforms, from his early perspectives to his current view of platforms as governed digital spaces. He also delves into the impact of AI and data on platforms, and how business schools can play an active role in helping companies adapt to the rapidly changing landscape.

Platform Classics: Chicken & Egg 07.02.2025 18:07

This influential paper by Caillaud and Jullien from 2003 examines imperfect price competition between intermediation service providers, with a particular focus on aspects relevant to informational intermediation on the Internet. The authors analyze three key elements: indirect network externalities, non-exclusive use of multiple intermediaries, and price discrimination based on user identity and b...

Platforms' Growth and Data Sharing with Chiara Farronato 05.02.2025 36:21

This podcast episode features Chiara Farronato, a Harvard Business School professor, discussing her research on digital platforms. Farronato defines platforms as information aggregators that connect fragmented users, and she examines the impact of platforms like Airbnb on issues such as over-tourism and housing affordability. The discussion also explores the challenges of regulating large tech com...

Platform Classics: Two-Sided Network Effects 31.01.2025 12:51

Parker and Van Alstyne's seminal paper explores two-sided network effects in information markets, demonstrating how firms can strategically offer products for free by leveraging distinct markets of content providers and end consumers. Their model reveals that by understanding network externalities, companies can increase consumer welfare and firm profits simultaneously through sophisticated produc...