In the latest episode of the podcast series, Platforms for Disruption (#platformsfordisruption), Prof. Viswanath Pingali (#IIMA) and Prof. Daniel Sokol (@UFLaw) talk to Amy Bernstein, editor of the Harvard Business Review. Amy discusses how industries are transforming due to digital technologies, various articles in HBR that have had a huge impact, and how the digital era has managed to bridge the gap between urban and rural areas in the developing world.
Platform businesses have transformed how businesses operate. Right from food delivery to retail to medicines, platforms are disrupting existing business models significantly. In a series of podcasts, the hosts, Prof Viswanath Pingali, economics faculty at IIMA and Prof Daniel Sokol, Professor of Law at University of Florida, speak to leading academics and industry practitioners on the role technology companies, especially platform businesses, play in tackling the situation.