Section: Application Domains

Two-sided markets

Intermediation platforms operate in two-sided markets, that is in environments with two types of actors, producers of good or services on one side, and consumers on the other side. Intermediaries play a fundamental role by allowing the connection of both thypes of actors. If intermediaries already existed in the pre-digital era — banks constitute a historical example of intermediaries — it is really only the advent of digital technologies which boosts the development of intermediation. A large number of activity sectors fall in such a framework, including transportation, press, education, health, etc. We decided to focus on some of them in greater details for their particular relevance.