Marshall Van Alstyne

About me:

Marshall Van Alstyne explores how ICT affects firms, innovation, and society with an emphasis on multi-sided platforms. Work or commentary have appeared in The Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and numerous academic journals where research influence ranks in the top 2% globally. As co-author of the international bestseller Platform Revolution, he has contributed to platform economics and strategy and co-developed the theory of “two-sided” markets. Thinkers 50 ranked him among the top 50 management scholars worldwide. He holds a BA in computer science from Yale and MS and Ph.D. in information economics from MIT.