# kaal:claim:3227933-007

**Claim.** Platform businesses grow through a self-reinforcing loop: registered users and consumers add content that attracts further creators and consumers, which is why platforms benefit enormously from network effects.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- requires networked digital technologies and large-scale exchange

**Source quote.**

> This creates a global ecosystem that encourages registered users and content consumers to add more value to the platform by repeatedly creating more content which will, in turn, attract additional content creators and consumers

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, *Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations* (2018), 2. Platforms, page 8

**Cite as.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227933

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** network-effects, platforms, ecosystem, content-creation

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