Ant Financial and the 3 Types of Network Effects (86)

This week’s podcast is about separating networks (an asset) from platforms (a business model) from network effects (a phenomenon). And the three standard types of network effects.You can listen to this podcast here or at iTunes, Google Podcasts and Himalaya.I put network effects into 3 types:

• Direct (One-Sided) Network Effects
• Indirect (Two-Sided) Network Effects
• Standardization and Interoperability Network Effects

I put networks into 3 types:

• Physical Networks
• Protocol Networks
• People Networks

——–Related articles:

• Ant Financial Is 3 Platform Business Models Combined. (Jeff’s Asia Tech Class – Daily Lesson / Update)
• Ant Financial’s Big Money is in Asset-Light Credit Tech (Jeff’s Asia Tech Class – Daily Lesson / Update)

From the Concept Library, concepts for this article are:

• 3 Networks vs. 5 Platforms vs. 3 Network Effects
• Network Effects: Direct and Indirect
• Network Effects: Standardization and Interoperability

From the Company Library, companies for this article are:

• Ant Financial

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