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Global Platform businesses – Are Indian companies poised to win?
12th March, 2015 @ 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
CGE(The Center for Global Enterprise) – iSPIRT co-hosted the first Platform Roundtable on Global Platform businesses – Are Indian companies poised to win?(and What is your company’s game plan for this business disruption )
Is India destined to be player in the emerging platform economy, where single and multi-sided business models are rapidly gaining size and scale in local and global markets? As a player in this rapidly changing digital landscape, do you understand the rules of this game well and if you are determined to win, what game plan do you have to embrace to score runs in this match? Product offerings, especially software platforms, are not for the faint hearted but such businesses have grown substantially in recent years to become a much larger part of the economy globally. Come & figure out how!
iSPIRT and Center for Global Entrepreneurship (CGE) invite you, as leading platform company in India, to come and participate in the Platform Roundtable discussion, where the main focus is two-fold.
- To drive awareness on global research to platform companies and
- To ask for India platform businesses support in strengthening this industry practice research
Registered participants will have an opportunity to learn from, share with CGE’s two leading experts on platforms- Dr. Peter Evans, Vice President of CGE and Sangeet Paul Choudary, a CGE Fellow and founder of Platform Thinking Labs.
Among the areas that Dr. Evans and Mr. Choudary will discuss are:
- CGE’s perspective on the rise of the platform economy
- How are platforms restructuring industries and economies
- Why platforms so disruptive to traditional businesses /industries
- How software is integral to enabling platforms
- Learn about the first global study of platform companies that is analyzing platform dynamics in markets around the world
- Learn the CGE’s analysis & insights of the work on platforms so far
- How to participate and contribute to strengthening this understanding of opportunities and constraints that India platform companies face both domestically and internationally
This will be an open session with structured discussion about how platform initiatives have unique management issues and how that needs to be managed. That will serve as a complement to showcasing the research. We will discuss components of platform business and ways & means to grow them across industries. Do bring your questions and validate your insights!
WHO SHOULD ATTEND : Senior Leaders (CxO or VP-level) in Indian Platform companies
Signup deadline : March 9th. (no cost but in person attendance is required)
5 to 5:30pm – Registrations & Networking
5:30 to 5:40 – Welcome by iSPIRT & Introductions in the room
5:40 to 6:00 Dr. Peter Evans on Platforms – Industry Research, CGE’s perspective
6:00 to 6:20 – Sangeet Paul on “Platform Thinking: How companies fail to think like platforms even when building them”
6:20 to 7:20 – Discussions on a topic where we engage with the audience…
7:20 Closing Remarks and Next Steps
7:30pm onwards – Networking Dinner
FOLLOW UP : Indian platform companies interested in participating on this ongoing research and benefit from a global perspective of platform businesses around the world please signup with local iSPIRT volunteer or send an email at [email protected]. This may involve making yourself or your team available for a few on-the-ground interviews over the coming months.