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Ecosystems, platforms and circularity: a systemic reading of transformation and emerging business models.

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The 4 D rule: when AI makes easy what your clients used to pay you for

25 September 2026

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Your clients pay you because you do for them what they cannot do on their own. Artificial intelligence (AI) is making some of those things easy. The 4 D rule helps identify which ones, and decide what to do.

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Agentic commerce: where a brand's value lives when buying is delegated

1 June 2026

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A layer of software agents is settling between brands and their customers. The product isn't threatened. The buying relationship, however, changes hands. And that's where value is at stake.

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Coordination tax: why AI gains don't (yet) show up in your margins

29 May 2026

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Many companies have deployed AI without seeing their margins move. The brake rarely lies in the tool, but in where it is plugged in: an organization designed before AI.

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AI in the enterprise: the architectural work that falls to the leader

15 May 2026

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Thinking about the enterprise in the face of AI is neither an HR matter nor an IT matter. It is a strategic architectural work that falls to the leader.

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Agentic AI: the trade-offs awaiting executives before deployments

24 April 2026

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AI agents are crossing the threshold into enterprise production this year. For an executive, the real question is no longer whether to adopt the technology, but how to arbitrate three gaps that, if left unaddressed, will install lasting dependencies that are hard to undo.

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Beyond EBITDA: why investors value platform businesses differently

19 November 2025

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Digital transformation should no longer be perceived as a cost center. For SME and mid-cap leaders, the real challenge of 2026 is to convert their technology investments into strategic assets that multiply their company's valuation.

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Meta-platform archetypes: the infrastructure of the ecosystem

24 October 2025

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The meta-platform no longer connects users, but systems. It is 'the platform of platforms.' Its role is to provide the technical, normative or informational oxygen that an entire sector needs to breathe.

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Platform archetypes: decoding orchestration models

1 September 2025

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If the platform model always relies on connecting two groups, the nature of what is exchanged and the structure of the interaction define distinct archetypes. For a leader, choosing your archetype means choosing your mode of rent capture.

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From linear to platform, from platform to meta-platform: the art of orchestration

22 August 2025

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The modern economic landscape has been reshaped by a fundamental shift in value creation, moving from linear control of internal resources to complex orchestration of external ecosystems.

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The digital ecosystem economy: a tremendous opportunity for French SMEs.

10 June 2025

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Digital ecosystems represent a major opportunity for French SMEs to position themselves strategically in tomorrow's economy.

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The circular opportunity: platforms and ecosystems, engines of sustainable and profitable growth.

4 April 2024

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In many cases, linearity is no longer a viable approach. Platforms have emerged as powerful and scalable solutions to address this challenge and leverage the economic and strategic advantages of the circular economy.

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From the SaaS revolution to the Platform revolution: new frontiers of collaboration, growth, revenue and impact.

18 September 2023

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Software as a Service (SaaS) paved the way for a new era of innovation, but it's platform businesses that are redefining the rules of the game.

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Platform businesses & ecosystems: the value creation challenge

7 February 2020

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When I discover a new platform, I always approach it first as a potential customer. Analysis of the LCL Mon Campus case and the challenge of value creation vs. capture.

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All that glitters is not gold.

25 October 2018

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The race to platform models closely resembles the 1848 gold rush: many are called, few are chosen. For SME and mid-cap leaders, the real question is not becoming the next Uber, but understanding where value really lies.

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