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Platform Rules: Multi-Sided Platforms as Regulators

Year: 2008

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: This paper provides a basic conceptual framework for interpreting non-price instruments used by multi-sided platforms (MSPs) by analogizing MSPs as "private regulators" who regulate access to and interactions around the platform. We present evidence on Facebook, TopCoder, Roppongi Hills and Harvard Business School to document the "regulatory" role played by MSPs. We find MSPs use nuanced combinations of legal, technological, informational and other instruments (including price-setting) to implement desired outcomes. Non-price instruments were very much at the core of MSP strategies.

Source: Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1269966

Authors: Kevin J. Boudreau, Andrei Hagiu

Institutions: Northeastern University, National Bureau of Economic Research, Boston University

Language: English

Topic: Digital Platforms and Economics

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3121821999

FWCI: 53.89

Cites: 39

Cited by: 511

Related to: 10