Introduction; Part I: The Digitalization Dilemma in the Network Industries; 1. Digitalizing the Network Industries;
2. Platforms in Multi-Sided Markets;
3. Digital Platforms;
4. Disruption by Digital Platforms: Substitution and Platformization;
5. Network Industries Disrupted by Platforms; Part II: Platforms in the Communications Industries; 6. Network Effects in Communications;
7. Email: Postal Networks are Substituted;
8. Skype and WhatsApp: Telecom Carriers are Platformed;
9. YouTube: Traditional Media Substituted and Platformed; 10 The Regulatory Challenges Posed by Communications Platforms; Part III: Platforms in the Transport Industries; 11. Scale and Networks in Transportation;
12. Amadeus, Sabre and Air Transport;
13. Uber and Urban Mobility;
14. BlaBlaCar and Long-Distance Mobility;
15. Mobility-as-a-Service: The Network of Networks;
16. Transport Providers are Platformed; Part IV: Platforms in the Energy Industries; 17. Network Effects in the Energy Industries;
18. Distributed Systems and the Need for Coordination;
19. The Future of Energy; Part V: Regulating Platforms as the New Network Industries; 20. Platforms as the New Network Industries;
21. Regulating Platforms as Intermediaries;
22. Regulating Platforms as Superintermediaries;
23. Regulating Platforms with Market Power;
24. Regulating Platform Ecosystems; Afterword; Notes; References; Index