David S. Evans

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David S. Evans is the founder of Market Platform Dynamics and the head of the global competition policy practice at LECG, LLC. He teaches at the University College London where he is the co-executive director of the Jevons Institute for Competition Law and Economics and at the University of Chicago Law School.

Dr. Evans is an authority on business strategy and competition policy particularly in high-technology and multi-sided platform businesses, such as payments, software, and digital media. His most recent book is Catalyst Code (with Richard L. Schmalensee), which deals with the management problems faced by multi-sided businesses.

Evans received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Economics from The University of Chicago.


Contents

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  • Evans, David S. and Richard Schmalensee. Catalyst Code: The Strategies Behind the World's Most Dynamic Companies. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2007. ISBN-10 1422101991 ISBN-13 978-1422101995
  • Evans, David S., “The Antitrust Economics of Multi-Sided Platform Markets,” Yale Journal on Regulation vol. 20, no. 2 (2003): 325-381.
  • Evans, David S. and Richard Schmalensee. Paying with Plastic: The Digital Revolution in Buying and Borrowing, 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. ISBN-10 026255058X ISBN-13 978-0262550581
  • Evans, David S., Andrei Hagiu, and Richard Schmalensee. Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Drive Innovation and Transform Industries. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006. ISBN-10 0262050854 ISBN-13 978-0262050852
  • Evans, David S. and Richard Schmalensee, “The Industrial Organization of Markets with Two-Sided Platforms,” Competition Policy International, vol. 3, no. 1 (2007): 151-180.

[edit] Articles and Reviews

  • "How Profits Launch from Platforms," The Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, November 28, 2006.
  • "Interchange Fee Fight Calls In Wrong Regulatory Forces," Columbus Business First, February 24, 2006.
  • "Matchmakers and Trustbusters," The Economist, December 8, 2005.


[edit] Interviews

  • "Cracking The Catalyst Code," BusinessWeek, April 25, 2007.
  • "On the Media: Street Photographer," National Public Radio, June 15, 2007.


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