Release date: September 16, 2025
Speakers: Liang Chen, Chiara Farronato, Joost Rietveld, Ke Rong, Maggie Zhou, and Tobias Kretschmer
Digital platforms sit at the fault line between innovation and market power. This Strategic Management Society webinar explored the complex interplay of platform competition, regulation, and antitrust. Featuring distinguished scholars from world-class institutions—including Harvard Business School, UCL, Tsinghua University, and the University of Michigan—the panel offered a global lens on one of today’s most pressing business and policy challenges. From the evolution of platform ecosystems and the power of indirect networks to cross-jurisdictional regulatory trends and complementor dynamics, participants gained fresh insights into how digital platforms shape markets—and how governance can adapt. Whether you are a researcher, policymaker, industry leader, or student, this conversation illuminated the tensions between innovation and fairness in digital markets. This was an opportunity to hear from leaders advancing our understanding of where platform power meets public interest—and what’s next in shaping competitive digital economies.
