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Karen Webster moderated mCommerce - Leveraging New Technologies to Facilitate Mobile Shopping at CTIA Wireless last April in Las Vegas.

Listen to Mobile Commerce: On the Verge to Splurge, CTIA's podcast with Karen as she addresses the obstacles, opportunities and long-term prospects for success. (Click on Podcasts and select from the list.)

Former Wells Fargo Payments Executive Joins Market Platform Dynamics  
October 29, 2008

Scott Peterson brings two decades of successful leadership in building profitable payments, information and emerging products platforms in the financial services sector. Peterson is the most recent executive to join MPD as part of an expansion to offer a wider range of expert services into fields such as social networking and experimental marketing. Download a pdf of FORMER WELLS FARGO PAYMENTS STRATEGY EXECUTIVE NAMED MANAGING DIRECTOR AT MARKET PLATFORM DYNAMICS
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Innovation in Payments 
September 2008

Learn why new online advertising technologies, cloud-based computing, and the proliferation of Internet-connected mobile telephones and other handhelds will transform the shopping experience in ways will benefit both consumers and businesses. Please contact us to request a copy of Innovation in Payments by David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee.

The Next Payments Frontier: Electronic Payment Acceptance and the Small Business Market
June 2008
A In this new MPD white paper, Karen Webster discusses the findings from a survey undertaken to to better understand the state of electronic payment acceptance in the small business market. Please contact us to request a copy of The Next Payments Frontier: Electronic Payment Acceptance and the Small Business Market.

The Role of Economics in Online Advertising
January 2008
Using the lens of the economics of multi-sided platforms, this new MPD White Paper provides insight into how online advertising drives profits for search providers, including Google.
Download an excerpt or contact us for more information.

B2B Online Purchasing and Payment Trends: How Small Businesses Buy and Pay Online
October 2007
A new white paper from Market Platform Dynamics on the online buying, payment and purchasing behavior of small businesses.  In June 2007, MPD surveyed 721 small businesses in the United States spanning a variety of sizes, industries and geographies.

MIT Sloan Review: Designing the Right Product Offerings
Fall 2007 - David Evans and Karen Webster offer a framework for balancing the costs of developing and offering a rich line of products and services against customer demand for additional choices.

IDEAS: 5 Strategies for Newspaper Survival
September/October 2007 - David Evans and Karen Webster explain why newspapers must embrace alternative form factors in order to escape the fate of the typewriter.