By Jonathan A. Knee Many of the young giants of the digital economy share a common characteristic. They are platforms that provide valued connections among their participants. The nature of those connections and the value they provide vary widely. Both Google and ...

By David Slocum David S. Evans is an economist, business advisor, and entrepreneur, who has done pioneering research into the new economics of multisided platforms. He has also consulted for many of the largest multisided platform businesses in the world and served as an ...

By Joshua Kim Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms by David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee Published in May of 2016. There are two book that every person who wants to radically disrupt higher education – and every ...

By Charles Franklin Written by two economists and business advisors who work on a global stage but write with the clarity of a good college professor,”Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms” provides the in-depth knowledge any business reader will ever ...

    Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee Harvard Business Review Press (June 2016) How to help those with a ...

By John Herrman During a February ride in San Francisco, Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of Uber, was recorded arguing with and eventually berating an Uber driver from the back seat of his car. The driver, who had been working with ...

Harvard Business Review Press author Richard Schmalensee is an economics thought leader. He served as the dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management for nine years and as a Member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. We spoke ...