[p2p-research] Fwd: "economic catalyst"

[Michel Bauwens]

via dante:

From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:54 AM
Subject: "economic catalyst"
To: econowmix at googlegroups.com, agile-vortex at googlegroups.com


Perhaps we may define a new approach to "Catalysts" :

a networked "accreditation of donation based" approach, catalysed by
emergent tools.

Hence, some of us may be "catalysis designers" , with an "entre-donneurial"
approach ?

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Definition of "Economic Catalyst" :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_catalyst

The term *economic catalyst* is widely used in in the field of
economy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy>to describe
entrepreneurs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur> or companies who
precipate a fundamental change in business or technology. A more precise
definition of catalyst is based on the new economics of multi-sided
platforms. In this literature an "economic catalyst" is an entity that has
(a) two or more groups of customers; (b) who need each other in some way;
but (c) can't capture the value from their mutual attraction on their own;
and (d) rely on the catalyst to facilitate value-reaction reactions between
them. For-profit businesses, joint ventures, cooperatives, standard-setting
bodies, and governments operate
catalysts.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_catalyst#cite_note-0>

...

Catalysts are the businesses at the heart of the new economics of two-sided
markets <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-sided_markets>. They are
multi-sided platforms.





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