What are the key value propositions in business ecosystems? How does a product or service bundle complement a marketplace? How can we mobilize developers to create extensions to the product? — Abstract In this installment of the Platform-Ecosystem Atlas series, we’ll give a first framework to cover the most common value propositions that can be brought to market in the context of low transaction cost, digitally enabled, networked ecosystems. Subscribe to our newsletter if you don’t want to miss a thing!

A primer in understanding all the dimensions of the pricing problem and opportunity in Marketplace-platforms by Simone Cicero and Manfredi Sassoli de Bianchi — This fifth research update on the emerging landscape of growth in platforms and marketplaces is brought to you by the team at platformdesigntoolkit.com and is dispatched in our fortnightly newsletter. This essay presents all the elements of a platform strategy and their relationship to pricing, we cover the take-rate —…

Framing the new growth landscape for growth, network effects dependent Value Propositions by Simone Cicero and Manfredi Sassoli de Bianchi — This first research update on the emerging landscape of growth in platforms and marketplaces is brought to you by the team at platformdesigntoolkit.com and is dispatched in our fortnightly newsletter. This essay presents the first framing of an upcoming integration to the Platform Design Toolkit: a new Guide and a…

by Simone Cicero and Emanuele Quintarelli This post is brought to you by the team at platformdesigntoolkit.com and is dispatched in our fortnightly newsletter and it’s part of a new series on most innovative organizations of the 21C called EEEO Conversations. As the loyal readers will certainly know, in the…

5 Essential Elements of a Validation Mindset that Works for Platforms — by Simone Cicero, Luca Ruggeri and Jacopo Romei Abstract In recent years, we witnessed an incredible flourishing of design practices (ok we’re culprits here…), and as a result, it’s nowadays much more at hand for a designer or entrepreneur to explore a market and an ecosystem, analyze a value chain and…

Part 2 of — The Macro-Problems and Techniques of Platform Design — This post by Simone Cicero and Luca Ruggeri was originally posted on Boundaryless’ website, check the original here. Abstract It’s been quite a year for Platform Design Toolkit and in general for methodological updates here at Boundaryless. In 2022 we indeed released: a new guide and canvases set — the Platform…

Regenerative Economics, Beyond Efficiency and Growth — Abstract In the quest for the reinvention of economic systems, the word regeneration has been used and abused. Multiple approaches have emerged to tackle the complexity of the challenge of reinventing economic models — and production in particular — in a way that creates benefits instead of generating negative externalities. Many…

Abstract Like every year we offer a selection of the most interesting reads, videos, and podcasts from the year extracted from our fortnightly newsletter. NOTE THAT: 👉 This post is a re-publication of an original posted on our blog, check the original here

Challenges and Approaches — Abstract In this post we will explore the depth of challenges when adopting product-centric operating models in organizations, why this makes sense, and what processes of continuous innovation could such a model put into practice, increasing the chances to build organizations that can more safely adapt to continuously changing market and…