Strategy & Prescriptive

Ecosystem & Platform Strategy

How should we design our ecosystem and platform strategy to create network effects and build structural competitive advantages?

Who is this report for

  • CEO
  • CSO
  • CTO
  • Business Development Director
  • Platform strategy teams

Report description

The report analyzes the opportunities to create or participate in business ecosystems and multi-sided platforms, identifying network effects and value capture strategies.

It covers mapping the current ecosystem, evaluating platformization opportunities, and cold start strategies to solve the chicken-and-egg problem.

The result is a comprehensive ecosystem strategy with a construction roadmap and governance model.

What this report covers

01

Current Ecosystem and Stakeholder Mapping

02

Platformization and Network Effects Opportunities

03

Relevant Platform Models

04

Ecosystem Architecture and Multi-Sided Design

05

Cold Start Strategy and Chicken-and-Egg Resolution

06

Value Proposition per Market Side

07

Ecosystem Monetization Model

08

API Strategy and Technology Openness

09

Ecosystem Governance and Rules of Engagement

10

Partnership Strategy and Actor Attraction

11

Ecosystem Health Metrics

12

Platform Risks (Disintermediation, Multihoming)

13

Successful Ecosystem Benchmark

14

Ecosystem Construction and Scaling Roadmap

Typical use cases

1

Evaluating the opportunity to transform a linear business into a platform.

2

Designing a marketplace or ecosystem strategy for a growing company.

3

Defining the API and technology openness strategy to attract developers.

4

Analyzing how to participate in a dominant ecosystem as a strategic complementor.

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