Harvard Business Review

Why Platform Disruption Is So Much Bigger than Product Disruption

What is the difference between product disruption and platform disruption? Harvard Business Review successfully attempts to answer this question with the intent on providing clarity on these two concepts. The definitions given recognize that product vs. platform isn’t just black-and-white, and are better used for practical purposes. Professor of business administration Juan Pablo Vazquez Sampere completes the article by showing why platform disruption is so much bigger than product disruption.

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