Summary of Alex Moazed & Nicholas L. Johnson's Modern Monopolies

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#1 The software economy is eating the world, but it’s platforms that are dominating the Internet and our economy. Collectively, platforms dominate the Internet and our economy.

#2 The dominance of platform businesses isn't limited to the United States. The economies of many developing countries were growing rapidly at the same time that Internet access became widespread. And because these countries didn't have the existing commercial infrastructure that developed economies did, their industries were shaped around the Internet.

#3 The company, Pets. com, was the most memorable company from the dot-com Super Bowl. It had a problem, however: Its business model was broken. The company had high fixed costs and had to price low to compete with existing pet stores, even though many of these stores already had razor-thin margins on pet food.

#4 In 1995, a computer programmer wrote code for a website that would become known as eBay. It was a digital marketplace where people could buy and sell anything over the Internet. Its revenue grew by 1,200 percent in its first year.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 11, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822514379

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Contents

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Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The software economy is eating the world, but it’s platforms that are dominating the Internet and our economy. Collectively, platforms dominate the Internet and our economy.

#2

The dominance of platform businesses isn't limited to the United States. The economies of many developing countries were growing rapidly at the same time that Internet access became widespread. And because these countries didn't have the existing commercial infrastructure that developed economies did, their industries were shaped around the Internet.

#3

The company, Pets. com, was the most memorable company from the dot-com Super Bowl. It had a problem, however: Its business model was broken. The company had high fixed costs and had to price low to compete with existing pet stores, even though many of these stores already had razor-thin margins on pet food.

#4

In 1995, a computer programmer wrote code for a website that would become known as eBay. It was a digital marketplace where people could buy and sell anything over the Internet. Its revenue grew by 1,200 percent in its first year.

#5

Linear businesses are those that have a product and sell it to a customer. The value flows from the company to the customer in a linear fashion. Examples include product companies, distributors, and resellers.

#6

The second type of linear business is a services company. These companies hire employees who provide services to customers. They generally fall into one of two camps: making and selling physical services, or building human capital or intangible assets and selling specialized services.

#7

In the twenty-first century, the supply chain is no longer