Teaching Materials

https://youtu.be/y6Gc0G_2Mf0

Introduction to Market Design

Accessible survey articles introducing market design and why it matters.

Readings

An Invitation to Market Design [with A. Teytelboym and V. P. Crawford]

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2017 (preprint)
Good Markets (Really Do) Make Good Neighbors

ACM SIGecom Exchanges, 2018 (preprint)

Videos

(Generalized) Matching Theory

Core references and lecture videos on matching theory and its generalizations to contracts and trading networks.

Core Reference

The Theory of Matching with Contracts [with J. W. Hatfield]

Handbook of the Economics of Matching, 2025

Videos

Marketplace Entrepreneurship

Frameworks and case studies for marketplace designers and builders.

Framework Notes

A Three-Part Framework for Entrepreneurial Marketplace Design

Harvard Business School Note, 2021
Making Markets [with T. R. Eisenmann]

Harvard Business School Note, 2018

Selected Cases

Updating Dating [with T. R. Eisenmann and A. Lam]

Harvard Business School Case Study, 2017
GoFundMe: The Giving Layer of the Internet [with A. M. Ciechanover]

Harvard Business School Case Study, 2018
Feeding America (A) and (B) [with A. Lam]

Harvard Business School Case Study, 2018 (podcast)
Raksul [with M. Kotosaka, N. Sato, and A. Kanno]

Harvard Business School Case Study, 2019

Notes for Instructors

Marketplace Design

Harvard Business School Note, 2021
Markets and Marketplaces: Core Concepts

Harvard Business School Note, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwBsAFkaxKw

Crypto & Web3

Cases and course materials focused on tokenized networks, NFT marketplaces, and crypto applications.

Selected Cases

Bored Ape Yacht Club: Navigating the NFT World [with D. Narayandas and K. Herman]

Harvard Business School Case Study, 2022
LooksRare: The Decentralized, Tokenized, NFT Marketplace [with S. Bernstein and G. Gonzalez]

Harvard Business School Case Study, 2022
Farcaster [with S. Bernstein and L. Wu]

Harvard Business School Case Study, 2024

Readings on Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)

How NFTs Create Value [with S. Kaczynski]

Harvard Business Review [Online], 2021
The Everything Token: How NFTs and Web3 Will Transform the Way We Buy, Sell, and Create [with S. Kaczynski]

Portfolio/Penguin, 2024

Readings on Decentralized Finance

Why Decentralized Crypto Platforms Are Weathering the Crash [with S. Bernstein]

Harvard Business Review [Online], 2022

Readings on Web3 Business Strategy

Porter's Five Forces and Competitive Advantage in Web3 [with L. Wu]

a16z crypto, 2024
When to Flip the Fee Switch

a16z crypto, 2025

Videos