Multi-sided platforms

被引:470
作者
Hagiu, Andrei [1 ]
Wright, Julian [2 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Business, Boston, MA 02163 USA
[2] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Econ, Singapore 117570, Singapore
关键词
Two-sided markets; Multi-sided platforms; Reseller; Vertical integration; COMPETITION; COORDINATION; MARKETS;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijindorg.2015.03.003
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We study the economic tradeoffs that drive organizations to position themselves closer to or further away from a multi-sided platform (MSP) business model, relative to three traditional alternatives: vertically integrated firms, resellers or input suppliers. These tradeoffs lead to a comprehensive discussion of the defining features of MSPs. The formal model we develop focuses on the MSP versus vertical integration choice, which we interpret in the context of professional services. A key tradeoff emerges between the need to coordinate decisions that generate spillovers across professionals (best achieved by a vertical integrated firm) and the need to both motivate unobservable effort by professionals and ensure professionals adapt their decisions to their private information (best achieved by a MSP). We show how this baseline tradeoff is impacted by the nature of contracts available to the vertically integrated firm and the MSP, and by the possibility of professionals holding pessimistic expectations when deciding whether or not to join the vertically integrated firm or MSP. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:162 / 174
页数:13
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