TY - BOOK AU - Srinivasan, R. TI - Platform business models: Frameworks, concepts and design SN - 9789811628375 PY - 2021/// CY - Singapore PB - Springer KW - Business N1 - 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 (𝟐𝟐 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬) Introduction R. Srinivasan Pages 1-13 GRAB.in™: Enabling Hyperlocal R. Srinivasan, Sandeep Lakshmipathy, Pramoth Joseph Pages 15-33 Network Effects R. Srinivasan Pages 35-44 Faircent™: Powering P2P Lending Revolution R. Srinivasan Pages 45-69 Value Creation in Platforms R. Srinivasan Pages 71-82 Swiggy™, Foodora™, and Yelp™: Hyperlocal Platforms R. Srinivasan Pages 83-101 Network Mobilization R. Srinivasan Pages 103-116 BharatMatrimony.com R. Srinivasan Pages 117-124 Just Dial Limited R. Srinivasan Pages 125-129 Practo R. Srinivasan Pages 131-135 Pricing and Subsidies R. Srinivasan Pages 137-152 Zomato™ Gold: Platform Overreach R. Srinivasan Pages 153-161 Platform Architecture R. Srinivasan Pages 163-176 Delhivery: Leveraging the Platform R. Srinivasan Pages 177-198 Winner-Takes-All Dynamics R. Srinivasan Pages 199-215 Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd.: Orchestrating the Ecosystem R. Srinivasan Pages 217-241 Platform Envelopment R. Srinivasan Pages 243-255 Tarnea Technology Solutions: Competing in a Winner-Takes-All Market R. Srinivasan Pages 257-276 Complementary Business Models R. Srinivasan Pages 277-286 N2 - This book introduces platform firms as unique business models. Leveraging on the early literature on network economics and strategy frameworks, this book explores how platform business firms evolve in the modern business world. Taking a strategic perspective, this book engages the reader with core concepts, case studies, and frameworks for analyzing platform business firms. This book differentiates platform business firms from traditional pipeline firms; explores engagement with different actors, value creation, and operations of platforms; elucidates resources and capabilities of platform firms that provide them sustained competitive advantage; analyzes performance levers in operating platform business models, including complementarities with other business models; and discusses the sustainability of platform business models, in the face of regulatory and societal challenges, among others. The book is designed as a primer for entrepreneurs setting up and operating platform business firms, senior managers in large corporations repurposing their resources to initiate network dynamics in their businesses, early career managers, and professionals engaging with myriad platform firms for their professional and personal needs. This book intends to provide a decision-maker with a portfolio of decisions to make to create, operate, sustain, and generate value out of a platform business firm. It is also useful for policy professionals to appreciate the economics and policy implications of regulating and governing platforms in a post-digital world ER -