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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business

For example, Uber and Grab link riders and drivers, Airbnb links hosts and travelers, and Amazon links shoppers and sellers. The spectacular growth of these businesses has been commonly explained by “network effects,” a common refrain among economists and academics. job websites Indeed and Glassdoor.) “‘Why us?’