Platforming | What Vivaldi Thinks

I look into a report from March 2019 from Vivaldi

A platform strategy is the mobilization of a networked business platform to expand into and operate in a given market. A business platform, in turn, is a nexus of rules and infrastructure that facilitate interactions among network users. A platform may also be viewed as a published standard, together with a governance model, that facilitates third party participation.

| Geoffrey Parker and Marshall Van Alstyne, Platform Strategy

Platforming is the process of transforming an industrial-era vertical business into a participant in a networked platform ecosystem, or creating a platform ecosystem from the ground up. Platforming is the tactical realization of a platform strategy.

| Stowe Boyd

Platforming is an On The Horizon series investigating the thinking around platform business in leading strategy, design, and management consulting firms.

In this installment, I look into a report from March 2019 from Vivaldi, a global…