Digital platforms are at the heart of online economic activity, connecting multi-sided markets of producers and consumers of various goods and services. Their market power, in combination with their privileged ecosystem position, raises concerns that they may engage in anti-competitive practices...

Digital platforms are at the heart of online economic activity, connecting multi-sided markets of producers and consumers of various goods and services. Their market power and their privileged ecosystem positions raise concerns that they may engage in anti-competitive practices that reduce...

In its Digital Single Market strategy, the European Commission has rightly noted the importance of reducing the price paid for basic cross-border parcel delivery by consumers and by small and medium size retail senders. The payment flows for cross-border parcel delivery are strikingly similar to...

Cover -- Titel -- Impressum -- Inhalt -- Vorwort -- Über die Autoren -- Kapitel 1: Heute - Willkommen zur Plattform-Revolution -- Kapitel 2: Netzwerkeffekte - Die Power der Plattform -- Kapitel 3: Architektur - Designprinzipien einer erfolgreichen Plattform -- Kapitel 4: Disruption - Wie...

Uber. Airbnb. Amazon. Apple. PayPal. Alle diese Unternehmen revolutionierten die Märkte. Heute sind sie Branchenführer. Was ist das Geheimnis ihres Erfolgs? Diesen innovativen Unternehmen liegt das Plattform-Geschäftsmodell zugrunde. Ob Plattformen Verkäufer und Käufer zusammenbringen,...