Carmelo Cennamo

Jul 23, 2024 | hbr.org | Carmelo Cennamo |Feng Zhu

Most companies, at one point or another, need to decide what kind of ecosystem they want to build or operate in. Consider a coffee maker like Keurig. Should it supply all of the pods for its machines (a closed ecosystem) or should it allow third parties to provide them (an open ecosystem)? Similarly, electric vehicle manufacturers like Tesla face the decision of whether to make their charging stations exclusive to their own cars or available to competitors.

Aug 21, 2023 | sloanreview.mit.edu | Jovana Karanovic |Elizabeth J. Altman |Carmelo Cennamo

Daniel Hertzberg/theispot.comThe ResearchThe authors conducted interviews with platform executives at four platform businesses — Malt, Ring Twice, Temper, and Wolt — that represent different industry sectors and price-setting models. They also conducted archival web-based research studying platform-based businesses in various regions of the world and evaluated their pricing models.

Aug 21, 2023 | tribunecontentagency.com | Jovana Karanovic |Elizabeth J. Altman |Carmelo Cennamo

MIT Sloan(AUTHOR’S BIO)Jovana Karanovic is an assistant professor at the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University and the founder of the Reshaping Work foundation. Elizabeth J.