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    Once You Tip, There’s no Tipping Back

    By: Catalyst Code on March 11th, 2010

    “Network effect” strategy – once you tip the scale, growth is (hopefully) soon to follow. At least that’s what long time platform master Microsoft has experienced and what

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    Markets with Two-Sided Platforms

    By: Catalyst Code on December 18th, 2009

    David Evans’ paper, Markets with Two-Sided Platforms, discusses how these two-sided platform businesses serve distinct groups of customers and need each other in some way. They provide these customers a real or virtual meeting place, and they facilitate the interactions between members of these customer groups. They essentially act as intermediaries between the two groups […]

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    The Economics of the Online Advertising Industry

    By: Catalyst Code on December 8th, 2009

    The Review of Network Economics Journal features “The Economics of the Online Advertising Industry” by David S. Evans.
    This article considers the Internet-based technologies that are revolutionizing the global advertising industry and the public policy issues they engender. Will a single ad platform emerge or will several remain viable? What are the consequences of alternative […]

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    How will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?

    By: Catalyst Code on December 1st, 2009

    The Federal Trade Commission will hold two days of workshops today and tomorrow, December 1st and 2nd to explore how the Internet has affected journalism.
    Watch David Evans present live at 4:30 PM EST Today, December 1st.
    The workshop will assemble representatives from print, online, broadcast and cable news organizations, academics, consumer advocates, bloggers, and other […]

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    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Obama’s Proposed Financial Regulation Plan

    By: Catalyst Code on June 23rd, 2009

    If you’d like to participate in a live webcast about Obama’s proposed financial regulation plan, register here, you’ll have a chance to ask questions to subject matter experts on Thursday, June 25 at 2 pm EDT. The webcast is “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Obama’s Proposed Financial Regulation Plan” and is moderated […]

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    Join FinReg21 for a discussion with Wayne Abernathy, Executive Director, American Bankers Association

    By: Catalyst Code on June 10th, 2009

    To join the webcast tomorrow, June 11th at 2:00PM EST register here.
    Is One the Right Number? Risks of Moving to a Single Regulator
    Several federal regulatory agencies now have oversight over various aspects of the financial industry. In the wake of the financial crisis, the Obama Administration, Congress, and a number of commentators have given […]

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    Carnival of the Mobilists #171

    By: Catalyst Code on April 27th, 2009

    Welcome to the 171st version of the Carnival of the Mobilists, hosted by The Catalyst Code.
    With competition in the Smartphone space getting so fierce, so fast, Mobile Stance thought it would be a good idea to take a step back and take a hard look as to whether App World has real legs or not, […]

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    The Real (social networking) World: Stop, Start and Stay (the course)

    By: Catalyst Code on February 20th, 2009

    “Friend” our third MPD Live Reality Webinar on Tuesday, February 24th at 11:00 AM EST
    Misiek Piskorski, Harvard Business School Professor and one of the leading thinkers in social networking along with Karen Webster, President, Market Platform Dynamics will talk about what activities you should stop, start and stay with as you develop social strategies that […]

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    Carnival of Mobilists 115

    By: Catalyst Code on March 17th, 2008

    Our iPhone SDK post is included in this week’s Carnival of Mobilists, a round-up of some of the best entries on the mobile industry, hosted by Andrew Grill’s blog.

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    Links for 3.5.08

    By: Catalyst Code on March 5th, 2008

    1. Deal Yenta: Should Verizon Buy Sprint? - WSJ Blogs
    2. Is Amazon Rethinking Its Movie Download Service? - TechCrunch
    3. News Via Old Fashioned Means Put on Dead Pool Watch - TechCrunch
    4. Google Backs Harvard Scientist’s 100,000-Genome Quest - Bloomberg
    5. Debit Cards in Use to Reach 5.2 Billion in 2012 - Global Industry Analysts
    6. Widgets: The […]

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