Platforms have spread through many industries over the past decade and generated an increasing share of the global economy. This book is a strategic guide to platform-based business models, combining path-breaking insights from academic research with practical guidance and real-world applications of concepts and tools.

Paul Belleflamme is professor of economics at UCLouvain. He is the author, with Martin Peitz, of Industrial Organization: Markets and Strategies (2015) and The Economics of Platforms: Concepts and Strategy (2021).

Nicolas Neysen is lecturer in strategy at HEC Liège (University of Liège), where he also leads the Digital Lab. He holds a PhD in Management Sciences and worked for seven years as a consultant for Accenture.