What Uber’s China Deal Says About the Limits of Platforms
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 10, 2016
Proponents of this view cite companies such as LinkedIn (founded in 2002 and recently acquired by Microsoft), which ostensibly operates in 200 countries, Airbnb (2008) in 190, and Uber (2009) in 68. Are there really global network economies? Do switching costs help sustain network advantages?
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