Expert Comment
The challenge of creating a multi-sided market platform
A blog post from WMG Professor Irene Ng:
There have been many academics out there researching and studying two and multi-sided markets. There is just one problem. They often study the markets that already exist and then give you some insights into what worked and what didn’t. But what if that market platform does not yet exist? What if the task is to create one from scratch and generate new services and business models on it? Do we even know what to do? I believe we do, but that does not mean it would be easy...
Call for industry bank to fix UK economy - Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya
As the UK attempts to re-balance its economy away from financial services, questions are being raised over how to encourage growth in British manufacturing. Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, director of the Warwick Manufacturing Group and long-serving adviser to the UK government on industrial matters, tells the FT's Peter Marsh that the time is ripe for the creation of an industry bank - a financial institution solely focused on the country's manufacturing sector.
The Digital Goodlife
Increasingly businesses are having to turn to digital technologies for publicity and to enhance customer experience. Dr Mark Swift, head of SME programmes at WMG’s International Digital Lab talks about an innovative workshop series that is encouraging increased collaboration with local businesses.