The Platform Business Navigator, 1st edition

Published by FT Publishing International (2 January 2024) © 2025

  • Felix Wortmann
  • Sven Jung
  • Oliver Gassmann
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Title overview

Platform companies like Amazon, Alibaba, Apple or Google dominate today's economy, and eight out of the ten most valuable companies worldwide follow a platform business model. Platform businesses act as digital intermediaries harnessing the power of networks, thereby outperforming traditional asset-heavy companies. 

  • Amazon and Alibaba are facilitators of transactions between sellers and buyers
  • Apple connects app developers with app users
  • Google facilitates transactions between ordinary web surfers and advertisers.

Every product, service, and retail business has the potential to become a platform business, and The Platform Business Navigator will show you how. With a 5-step framework and 88 different patterns to follow, you can avoid common mistakes and ensure your business strategy works.

Suitable for entrepreneurs, executives, product managers, and business leaders, you'll also discover a huge variety of different business case studies.

Table of contents

  • PART ONE - Platform business innovation
  • 1. The logic of platforms
  • 2. Fundamental types of platforms
  • 3. The Platform Navigator in a nutshell
  • PART TWO - The 88 patterns of the Platform Business Navigator
  • 4. Ideate: Patterns to identify a platform opportunity
  • 5. Design: Patterns to create and deliver value as a platform
  • 6. Monetise: Patterns to capture value as a platform
  • 7. Scale: Patterns to scale a platform
  • 8. Manage: Patterns to manage a platform
  • PART THREE - Finished reading? Let's get into action
  • 9. A canvas to bring everything together
  • 10. Working with the pattern cards
  • 11. Further reading

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