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Overview
What you will study
The Disruptive Innovation - Leveraging Multi-Sided Platforms course offered by Harvard University examines what actually happens during the design, development, launch, and scaling of a digital platform business. Moving beyond theory, participants will explore on-the-ground challenges in strategy and management that building a successful multi-sided business platform entails. Participants will identify and develop the skills they need to grow—or compete with—a multi-sided platform venture.
Participants in this interactive program will gain critical insights from detailed case studies created by industry experts and successful innovators. They will develop an in-depth understanding of the strengths, weaknesses, benefits, and consequences of this innovative business model for the different stakeholders in a platform’s ecosystem.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Coordination Costs
- The Platform Canvas
- The Network Effects, and its Limitations
- First Mover Advantage
- Switching Dosts
- Disintermediation
- Platform Boundaries
- Strategies for Launching a Platform
- Reactions from Incumbents
- The Future of Economies in the Platform Age
- The Future of Societies in the Platform Age
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 2 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Innovation Management View 65 other Short Courses in Innovation Management in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- This program is intended for entrepreneurs and managers who seek to understand the drivers underneath the next big wave in the evolution of business.
- This includes strategists and product developers who seek to innovate business offerings, as well as technologists, investors, and marketers who are building, funding, and selling these offerings.
Tuition Fee
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International
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National
1570 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1570 USD for the full programme during 2 days.
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