In today’s business world, no company is an island. Straightforward supply chains of yesterday have given way to interconnected industry ecosystems. Platforms emerge, and with them, platform leaders, who drive coalitions of firms which innovate around a platform. Platforms are essential industry “building blocks” which attract other firms’ investment and innovation on add-on products or services. To compete and win in these ecosystems, firms need to learn new strategies.
Open to all researchers who are interested in platform issues, this event will also be of interest to business leaders from innovation-intensive industries.
Conference themes:
Platform dynamics in a variety of industries
The management of product platform development projects
Platforms in products vs. platforms in services
Double-sided markets
Knowledge management in platforms
Recent advances in modularity literature
Examination of existing literature and appropriate methodologies for research on platforms
Interaction between product or service architecture and industry architecture
Platforms as institutions
The management of product platform development projects
The conference is open and free of charge, but registration will be required. For further information, or to register, please contact Shelley Meehan at s.meehan@imperial.ac.uk.