platforms transitions
DESCRIPTION
Consider first that platforms are becoming a dominant form of business organization. Then consider how you transition an existing product to a platform. This talk illustrates steps to make the transition. It then describes what an open business model looks like and compares differences in openness of Apple, Google, Microsoft and others.TRANSCRIPT
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Product to Platform & OpenBusiness ModelsGeoffrey Parker Marshall Van AlstyneTulane University & MIT Boston University & [email protected] [email protected], [email protected]
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InterBrand: 2013 Best Global Brands
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These Grew Fastest
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These are Platforms
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Platform Firms Becoming More Important in Economy
3 of top 5 firms in 2013 by market cap.
FIRM MARKET CAPApple 474
Exxon Mobile 433
Google 361
Microsoft 332
Berkshire Hathaway 314
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Platform Firms Becoming More Important in Economy
% of top 20 firms by market cap since 2001
Percentage of Platform Firms weighted by MKT CAP (2001-2013)35%
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The Product Business Model is Broken
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The Product Business Model is BrokenIn 2009, BlackBerry had nearly 50%
market share in U.S. operating systems, according to IDC. Now: 2.1%
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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1980-2000 Microsoft Platform Beats Apple Product
Apple launched the PC revolution but Microsoft licensed widely, built a huge developer ecosystem,
6X larger.
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Apple Feb 5, 1996
Michael Dell - ”Shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.”
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Interbrand: 2013 Best Global Brands
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Nike Builds a Biz Platform
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How would you create a platform around spice?
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1. Enumerate embeddable features: salty, citrus, sour, toasted, …
2. Get consumer preferences
3. Match to best recipes4. Mix new combinations,
help users create & upload, allow ratings, build a community
How would you create a platform around spice?
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Create a whole geometry of flavor combinations
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In building a business ecosystem, how do you set strategy?
How do old line business models transition to platforms?
What can be a platform (Windows, PayPal, Facebook … Bauxite, Coca Cola)?
What does an open business model look like?
Can you predict unexpected competition?
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Platform Ecosystem Rules
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• Platforms beat products every time.
• Remake the supply chain to “consummate the match.”
• Open the top or the bottom of your platform to unexpected innovation, but don’t open both.
• Look to your overlapping users to see where tough competitors will attack
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To be a platformSystem must provide a useful and embeddable function or service and provide 3rd party access.
Examples:iTunes: get music onto iPodSAP: execute ERP systemsFacebook: connect family, friends & acquaintancesSmart Grids: capture AC/DC sources, route powerNike Fuel: motion capture and social benchmarking Pearson: match people to content, deliver content, certify learning
Products have featuresPlatforms have communities
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How do traditional linear business models transition to platforms given
network effects?
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Traditional Supply Chain
Supply
$ $
Assemble
$
(1) Value accumulates from stage to stage(2) Standard linear value chain (3) Logistics optimize stuff (usu. not incentives)(4) No network effects
Manufacture Retail
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Traditional Supply Chain
Biz
$ $
Biz
$
Biz Cust
Potential B2B PlatformPotential B2C Platform
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Potential B2C Platform
BizBiz Cust
Potential B2C Platform
Biz
Biz Cust
1. Make your business a platform by facilitating transactions across your systems.
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Creating a B2C Platform
Biz Cust
Biz
Biz
1. Make your business a platform by facilitating transactions across your systems.2. Expand the biz partners who can reach your customers.3. Expand the customers who can reach your suppliers.
Biz CustCust
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This is a really, really different business model due to network effects…
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How are these related?
eBay SellersAirlines/Hotels
Xbox DevelopersVisa Merchants
DoctorsYouTube Videographers
AirBnb RoomsElectric Car Charge Stations
Mechanical Turk LaborersMonster EmployersAndroid Developers
eBay BuyersTravelers
Xbox GamersVisa CardHolders
PatientsYouTube ViewersAirBnb Renters
Electric Car DriversMechanical Turk JobsMonster Employees
Android Users
Each Side Attracts More of the Other
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Biz CustBizBiz CustCust
Platform
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Creating a B2C Platform
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Setting Price on a Network Platform
Platform
Pric
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Quantity
Market One
q1
p1
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Setting Price on a Network Platform
Platform
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Quantity
Market One
q1
p1
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q2
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Pric
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Quantity Quantityq1
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Creating a B2C Platform
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Setting Price on a Network Platform
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If your supply chain has network effects then…
$
Biz
$
Biz Cust
… you can price wrong … manage the supply chain wrong … get internal organization wrong, and … mismeasure LTV of “free customers”whenever you use linear product model practices.
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Why do platforms beat products?
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Apple iPod pre-Platform
Apple iPod
$ $
Retailer Music ProducerListener
$
(1) Product First Thinking(2) Standard linear value chain (3) User bought music retail (or P2P)(4) Minimal network effects
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Apple iPod combined with iTunes
Apple iPod
$ $
Retailer Music ProducerListener
$
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Apple iPod post-Platform
Apple
User Content
(1) Remove supply chain inefficiency (2) Triangular platform supply network(3) Apple owns financial chokepoint(4) Apple helps users find content
(5) Stronger network effects
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How Apple is killing standalone platforms
Lumia
Usr Dvpr
PSP
Usr Gam
MP3
User Music
Video
TV
Games
Dvpr
Web
HTML
eBooks
Publi
Calls
User
Zune
Usr Mus
MicrosoftSonyNokia
Apple has vastly stronger network effects.Sony could have done this – has many great standalone products.Google is not making this mistake with Android
0.32
0.47
0.21
Message for you: A great standalone product might not be sufficient.
2007 Today
$30/share
$4/share
2007 Today
$53/share
$23/share
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How Apple is killing standalone platforms
MP3
User Music
Video
TV
Games
Dvpr
Web
HTML
eBooks
Publi
Calls
User
Message for you: A great standalone product might not be sufficient.
PolycomSpeakerphone
R1P1 U1 R1P1 U1
CiscoFlip Camera
R1P1 U1
HPCalculator
Photo
Usr Upld
Flickr
Blkbry
Usr Dvpr
RIM
eRdr
Usr Upld
Sony
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Why Apple isn’t killing KindleWe asked ourselves: “Is there some way we can bring all of these things together [web service, Prime, Kindle, instant video and the app store] into a remarkable offering customers would love?” Yes, the answer is Amazon Kindle Fire.
November 14, 2011: Amazon introduces the Kindle Fire
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Kindle Fire Offering• 18 million movies, TV shows, songs,
magazines • Amazon Appstore - thousands of apps
and games • Cloud-accelerated web browsing -
Amazon Silk • Free cloud storage for Amazon content • Color touchscreen with extra-wide
viewing angle • Priced at $199 for 7-inch Wi-Fi Version• Fast, powerful dual-core processor• Amazon Prime members get unlimited,
instant streaming of 10,000 popular movies and TV shows
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Why Apple isn’t killing Kindle
MP3
User Music
Video
TV
Games
Dvpr
Web
HTML
eBooks
Publi
Calls
User
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You can’t make calls … unless you load Skype.
Amazon is also being much more sophisticated about giving free data storage service,which allows them to better “consummate the match.”
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Open (fragmented) versus Closed (integrated)
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Openness vs. Control
Your
Sha
re
Industry Value Add
Open
Proprietary
Your reward = (Value added to industry) x (Your share)
Based on: Shapiro & Varian ‘99
Maximum protection ≠ Maximum Value
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− Open to “.com”
Open gift store −
Open to developers −
The Rise & Ignominius Fall of MySpace – Business Week 2011
Does Openness Work?While Facebook focused on creating a robust platform that allowed outside developers to build new applications, Myspace did everything itself. ``We tried to create every feature in the world and said, `O.K., we can do it, why should we let a third party do it?' '' says (MySpace cofounder) DeWolfe. ``We should have picked 5 to 10 key features that we totally focused on and let other people innovate on everything else.''
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Historical Open Innovation
Hay Carrier
RacecarFlour Mill
Mobile ChurchFord Model T
SnowmobileSawmill
Goat Carrier
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Platforms get enormous value from 3rd party developers
Most firms can only concentrate on most
valuable apps
Profits increase when others add to platform’s
“Long Tail”
Consider an operating system like MS Windows, Apple Mac, or Google Android
You don’t need to own this
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What does controlling openness mean?
Split IP rights from point of customer contact.
1) Open Access2) Extend Platform3) Touch Customers4) Change Platform
Platform Provider
Side 1 Side 2
Platform Sponsor
Side 1 Side 2
Platform Provider
Platform SponsorPlatform
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Models for Organizing Platforms
Dell
Users Dvprs
Acer …H
PRed
Hat
Debian
Ubuntu
…
4) Shared: e.g. Linux
Users Dvprs
Sponsor2) Licensing: e.g. Google
Android
Providers
One Provider Many Providers
3) Joint Venture: e.g. Orbitz
Sponsors
Users
Provider
Dvprs
Users Dvprs
ProviderSponsor
1) Proprietary: e.g. Mac
One Sponsor
Many Sponsors
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Apple tried to control too much of the original Mac
• Remember MacWrite, MacPaint?
• Charged ~$10,000 for SDKs.
• Controlled OS & HW and dominant Apps.
• Vertical integration choked network effects.
Apple Mac
Users Claris
Mac OS
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Microsoft opened much more of its ecosystem
• Microsoft had 6-10X developers
• Open APIs / Cheap SDKs• Controlled OS, licensed.• Strong network effects.
Dell
Users Dvprs
MS Windows
IBM … HP
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For real profits, control full layer
Dell
Users Dvprs
Acer …H
PRed
Hat
Debian
Ubuntu
…
Linux: No one driving the bus.
Limited scope of control.
Users Flights
Provider
Joint Venture: e.g. Orbitz airline
collaboration
Users Dvprs
Sponsor
Licensing: e.g. Google Android
Sponsors
Providers
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Danger!
Users Dvprs
Sponsor
Watch for new control points closer to
customer.
Providers
Microsoft fear of
Netscape
Facebook fear of
AT&T fear of Apple
Applefear of
Google Maps
SAPfear of
ADP
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Should Apple have opened the iPod?
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No! It does 1 thing only, so make it “insanely great” and own it.
Most firms can only concentrate on most
valuable apps
Profits increase when others add to platform’s
“Long Tail”
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Should Apple have opened the iPhone?
Most firms can only concentrate on most
valuable apps
Profits increase when others add to platform’s
“Long Tail”
Of Course! It has video, wifi, camera (scanner), accelerometer, mobile, MP3, web browsing, etc. Platforms benefit from broad contributions.
But control the top several complements.
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Which applications to absorb?Apps offered by Platform Sponsor
Apps offered by Developers
Rule 1: Absorb the highest value applications from the ecosystem. This adds value for users and mitigates threat of disintermediation.
Example: Apple iPad absorbed e-booksExample: Microsoft Windows absorbed web browsing
Example: Google added Gdrive to absorb functions of DropBox
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Anything else to absorb?Apps offered by Platform Sponsor
Apps offered by Developers
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Anything else to absorb?
Rule 2: Absorb features that emerge in multiple places in the ecosystem. This increases compatibility, ensures efficient implementation, and benefits other apps. Examples: Operating systems support for (i) spell check (ii) cut & paste (iii) PDF.
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• Thingiverse is a digital space to upload new designs
• Users have submitted product improvements that can be printed on the platform itself
• Tested & user reviewed features become std
MakerBot: A self-evolving Platform
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Why Platforms Beat Products• Based on owned
resources, innovation occurs at a given rate.
• Harnessing 3rd party resources, innovation can occur at a higher combined rate.
• Even if a platform starts behind or has higher variability, its value can overtake the product leader.
Time
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1. Goal is a protected market niche, emphasizing industry barriers
2. Categories are sharp3. Weapon is cost
leadership or product differentiation
4. Inimitable resources you own provide sustained advantage
Porter’s Five Forces & Resource Based View
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Platform Strategy Differs
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1. Goal is transactions volume & creating customer value. Network effects provide sustainability.
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Platform Strategy Differs
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1. Goal is transactions volume & creating customer value. Network effects provide sustainability.
2. Boundaries can be altered
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Platform Strategy Differs
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1. Goal is transactions volume & creating customer value. Network effects provide sustainability.
2. Boundaries can be altered
3. Competition is multi-layered, more like 3D chess.
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1. Goal is transactions volume & creating customer value. Network effects provide sustainability.
2. Boundaries can be altered
3. Competition is multi-layered, more like 3D chess.
4. Don’t need to own inimitable resources. Have them to join you!
Platform Strategy Differs
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Owned / inimitableresources
Profits increase when others add
to platform’s Long Tail
You don’t need to own this
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Where do threats come from?
65Porter’s 5 Forces – Compliments of Wikipedia
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ProductFeatures
Firms generally consider product feature overlap (differentiation?) to find and benchmark competition.
Eisenmann, Parker, Van Alstyne, “Platform Envelopment.” Strategic Management Journal, 2011.
Zune / iPod Zune / Sony PSP Zune / iPhone
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T A T A
NetworkUsers
PlatformProviders T A
User overlap between Platforms predicts competitors. Size (usually but not always) predicts victor.
High Overlap Low Overlap Asymmetric Overlap
Eisenmann, Parker, Van Alstyne, “Platform Envelopment.” Strategic Management Journal, 2011.
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Platform Ecosystem Rules
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• Platforms beat products every time.
• Remake the supply chain to “consummate the match.”
• Open the top or the bottom of your platform to unexpected innovation, but don’t open both.
• Look to your overlapping users to see where tough competitors will attack
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