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Platform Economics and Digital Ecosystems

Understand and compete in platform markets. Network effects, chicken-and-egg problems, and platform competition dynamics.

The most valuable companies in the world are platforms. This course teaches the economics of platform markets: network effects, multi-homing, envelopment, and the dynamics of winner-take-most competition. You'll analyze real platform strategies and develop strategic recommendations for competing with, on, or as platforms.
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Skills you'll master:
Network Effects AnalysisPlatform StrategyEcosystem Design
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⚠️ Prerequisites
  • Economics Basics
  • Strategy Basics

Syllabus

0 of 5 lessons complete
1
Platform Economics Fundamentals
📖Reading•45m
2
Network Effects and Tipping Points
💻Interactive Lab•60m
3
Chicken-and-Egg Solutions
📊Case Study•60m
4
Platform Competition Dynamics
📊Case Study•60m
5
Your Platform Strategy
👥Peer Review•75m