By facilitating direct transactions and interactions between parties, companies like Airbnb, Uber and Facebook are some of the best known 鈥 and most profitable 鈥 multisided platforms (MSPs) around.鈥, Q. Why do you think this paper was named a 鈥渕ust read鈥?, A., There are a lot of scholars these days writing about platform-based businesses like Uber, Facebook, Amazon and Airbnb. They are a very hot topic because they are becoming increasingly important not鈥, Q. Should every business think about transitioning to a platform-based model?, A., It doesn鈥檛 make sense for all companies to transition, but all companies should think about it and know about it, because even if they choose not to do so, they need to think about their competitors鈥, Q. How is the article being received in the academic and business communities?, A., It seems to be resonating well with managers and executives, and also with educators and scholars. Colleagues around the world are assigning it in business school classes, so that鈥檚 fun to know that鈥, Q. How did you become involved in this research?, A., When I was a doctoral student at Harvard Business School, I started discussing the topic with Andrei, who was one of my advisors, around 2011. He had worked at Intuit for a short time, and we were鈥, Q. The article features an illustration of a Transformer with the Harvard Business Review logo on its chest. Was that your idea?, A., It wasn鈥檛. The editors liked that the article was about transformation, and they found a freelance artist (Artur Hilger) who used to work for Hasbro creating Transformers. So, he created that custom鈥
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Thirty graduate students marked an educational and professional milestone at their Graduate Entry Pathway (GEP) Pinning Ceremony at UMass Medical School on Monday, Sept. 9. The members of the GEP鈥, Graduate Entry Pathway Class of 2022:, Lin Wei Evan Astill Melody Banasiak Hannah Boorstein Daniela Carrasco Jeffrey P. Chhim, MPH Alexandra E. Cole Nathan Comeau Cathleen Theresa Cuddihy Emily Davenport Ezequiel De Leon Estefany Pamela鈥
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School for the Environment Interim Dean Bob Chen has put ostriches on the MBTA to tell people about climate change, and he鈥檚 let kids do the talking through their artwork on the T. Last month鈥
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UMass Boston physics major and Honors College student Joseph Farah is sharing in a $3 million Breakthrough Prize for being part of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration that took the鈥
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The UMass Medical School community will come together this week to celebrate student and faculty accomplishments and officially launch the new academic year. The signature event, Convocation, will be鈥, Justin A. Maykel, , MD, associate professor of surgery, will be the inaugural holder of the newly endowed Joseph M. Streeter and Mary Streeter DeFeudis Chair in Surgery . Dr. Maykel is a leading expert in鈥, Beth A. McCormick, , PhD, vice chair and professor of microbiology & physiological systems, will be appointed to hold the Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research Chair . Dr. McCormick is the founding director鈥, Lawrence M. Rhein, , MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics, will be appointed to hold the Stoddard Chair of Pediatrics . In 2016, Dr. Rhein joined the UMMS community as the chief of the Division of Neonatology,鈥, Celia A. Schiffer, , PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology, will be appointed to hold the Gladys Smith Martin Chair in Oncology , which was previously held by Dr. Maykel. Employing鈥
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Students will get a chance to embark on a visual tour of our solar system and beyond when a new astronomical observatory opens on South Campus this fall. The facility, which is scheduled to be鈥, A Generous Gift, The facility will be named Schueller Observatory, in memory of Richard L. Schueller obituary Richard L. Schueller 鈥86 , an avid amateur astronomer who used to observe with the Celestron telescope鈥
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U.S. 麻豆视频 & World Report 2020 College Rankings released this week recognize UMass Dartmouth for the upward social mobility of its students and again rank the university as a National University.鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 The international team of astronomers of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) mission 鈥 including eight from the 麻豆视频 Amherst 鈥 who earlier this year unveiled the鈥
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The 162 members of the School of Medicine Class of 2023 at UMass Medical School were cloaked in the symbol of the medical profession at the White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Sept. 13, under a tent on鈥
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A group of local food and beverage companies huddled on campus recently to learn more about sustainable manufacturing and cleaning processes as well as available resources, including grants and鈥, Turning Waste Into Products, Reducing Toxics , The companies are increasingly looking for ways to reduce waste. For example, Ocean Spray of Middleboro said its popular Craisins are developed from the cranberry hulls left over from extracting鈥
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