| LC control no. | sh2006007736 |
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| LC classification | HD9999.M78 HD9999.M784 |
| Topical heading | Multi-sided platform businesses |
| Variant(s) | Platform businesses, Multi-sided Two-sided platform businesses |
| See also | Business enterprises |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on businesses that play an intermediary role between two or more different groups of customers, and depend for their success on the interaction between these groups, such as the real estate business, where agents serve as the intermediary between buyers and sellers, or the payment card industry, where the card-issuing company serves as the intermediary between merchants and cardholders. |
| Found in | Work cat.: 2006034707: Evans, David S. Catalyst code. c2007: data view & text (platform businesses, two-sided businesses, etc.) ABI/INFORM global, via ProQuest, Oct. 23, 2006: The antitrust economics of multi-sided platform markets / David S. Evans (Yale journal on regulation, Summer 2003, vol. 20, iss. 2, p. 325) (subj. terms: multi-sided platforms, platform businesses, multi-sided platform industries, multi-sided platform businesses, multi-sided firms, business platforms) Harvard Business School working knowledge for business leaders (online, Oct. 20, 2006): New research explores multi-sided markets (Q&A with Andrei Hagiu [by] Sean Silverthorne, March 13, 2006) (subj. terms: (two-sided platforms, platform vendor, multi-sided platforms, two-sided platforms) Review of Network Economics Web site, Nov. 2, 2006 ("Multi-Sided platform markets have two or more different groups of customers that businesses have to get and keep on board to succeed. These industries range from dating clubs (men and women), to video game consoles (game developers and users), to payment cards (cardholders and merchants), to operating system software (application developers and users). They include some of the most important industries in the economy.") |
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