Platforms & Ecosystems

Once AI becomes pervasive, it no longer gives companies an edge over rivals — but cultivating creativity can.

Gain competitive advantage with an innovation framework to identify meaningful opportunities in your own organization.

Companies that want to launch a B2B marketplace face a choice: own the platform, spin it off, or create a startup.

The retailer’s experiments in immersive commerce offer marketing leaders lessons on reaching a new set of consumers.

No one can predict the future, but modularizing core capabilities can prepare companies to be ready for the unexpected.

Researchers share a three-part approach to help leaders of digital health platforms manage and scale their businesses.

Operators of platforms must balance market health and power dynamics in determining who sets prices.

MIT SMR-Deloitte research backs a holistic approach to strategically managing all contributors in a workforce ecosystem.

Instagram’s Stephanie Moyerman discusses AI’s role in supporting social media safety on the Me, Myself, and AI podcast.

WWF’s Dave Thau discusses how artificial intelligence aids nature conservation efforts on the Me, Myself, and AI podcast.

MIT SMR-Deloitte research offers a new approach to strategically managing all contributors in the workforce ecosystem.

On the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, Expedia Group’s Rathi Murthy discusses how AI is changing the travel industry.

Experts consider whether early-entrant platform businesses like Uber and Netflix have lost their first-mover advantage.

The 2023 MIT SMR-Deloitte Future of the Workforce global survey finds top workforce managers excel at eight activities.

The data streams generated by customers using smart, connected products can lead to new products and services.

The data streams generated by customers using smart, connected products can lead to new products and services.

Elizabeth J. Altman, Steven Hatfield, and Allison Ryder speak about the 2022 MIT Sloan Management Review – Deloitte Future of the Workforce global executive survey and research report at MIT Technology Review’s EmTech Next event.

New research examines the challenges of leading and coordinating workforces that increasingly rely on external contributors.

MIT SMR‘s winter 2022 issue looks at innovation processes in product development and how networks affect culture and diversity.

Smaller, often more private and interactive online communities and platforms are reinventing the way brands and consumers connect.