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Ruling Without Owning — How Platform Businesses Changed the World's Grammar

From the moment we open our eyes every morning, our day begins on a platform. We check the news on YouTube, call a KakaoT taxi to commute, order lunch through Baemin (Baedal Minjok), and find items ordered from Coupang waiting right at our front door. These companies share an unapparent commonality: YouTube does not produce a single video itself, Kakao does not own a single taxi, and Baemin does not cook a single dish.

이지영 기자Published 2026년 4월 14일Updated 2026년 4월 14일
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Ruling Without Owning — How Platform Businesses Changed the World's Grammar

From the moment we open our eyes every morning, our day begins on a platform.

We check the news on YouTube, call a KakaoT taxi to commute, order lunch through Baemin, and find items ordered from Coupang waiting right at our front door.

These companies share an unapparent commonality: YouTube does not produce a single video itself, Kakao does not own a single taxi, and Baemin does not cook a single dish.

Dominating the market without owning assets—this is the essence of platform business and the new grammar by which the 21st-century economy operates.

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저작권자 ⓒ 코리아비즈니스리뷰(Korea Business Review). 무단 전재 및 재배포 금지

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