Michael Cusumano

Platform strategy, Strategy Rules; Microsoft / Toyota studies

Professor at MIT Sloan School of Management, where he holds the Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professorship. He has spent decades studying how software and platform businesses compete, drawing on deep case work at Microsoft, Toyota, and other technology firms. Best known for co-authoring 'Platform Leadership', 'Staying Power', and 'Strategy Rules', which distil the decision-making of five transformative tech CEOs.