# kaal:claim:2922176-019

**Claim.** Platform companies embrace an unmediated, flat, and inclusive culture in which trust and value are generated through the platform itself rather than through the management of workers and physical assets.

**Type.** definitional  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- platform companies built on peer-to-peer transactions, such as Airbnb and Uber

**Source quote.**

> Most importantly, platform companies embrace an unmediated, flat, and inclusive culture.72 Trust and value are created through platforms, instead of the management of workers and physical assets.

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, *The ‘Unmediated’ and ‘Tech-Driven’ Corporate Governance of Today's Winning Companies* (2017), V. Unmediated & Technology-Based Corporate Governance, page 26

**Cite as.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, The ‘Unmediated’ and ‘Tech-Driven’ Corporate Governance of Today's Winning Companies (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2922176

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**Topics.** reputation

**Keywords.** platform-companies, trust, flat-organizations, peer-to-peer

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