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The fast-growing tiktok
Do a case study of a platform business. When did the business commence, what are its primary fields of operation, and has it been successful? How does it make money from its activities, and have […]
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A case study of WeChat’s platform business
Over the past few decades, the world has witnessed the rapid development of the internet’s platformisation. As a result of the proliferation and overlap of different platforms and operations, ‘platform business’ rises in response to […]
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Weibo: Public Opinion Leaders
Figure 1: “Weibo.com Logo” by bfishadow is licensed under CC BY 2.0 When the Internet was not very developed, people could only find out what was happening in the world by listening to the radio, watching newspapers, or TV. […]
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WeChat: The Everything Platform
In the era of mobile Internet, it is necessary to “choose the right innovation at the right time” to make a success (Zhu, 2018, p.33). As a brand-new mobile social network platform, WeChat has not […]