The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and

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The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business

Winner, Axiom Business Book Awards: 2011 Best BusinessÂ TechnologyÂ Book
Buoyed by the success of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, thousands of companies of all sizes are fundamentally rethinking how they do business. They are creating vibrant ecosystems and, in the process, reaping big rewards. In the tradition of The Long Tail, The Age of the Platform demonstrates how the world of business today is vastly different from that of even ten years ago. Today, the most successful companies are operating under an entirely different business model-one predicated on collaboration, emerging technologies, externally driven innovation, different types of partnerships, and vibrant ecosystems. Rife with examples, The Age of the Platform is nothing less than essential reading to understand business today--and where it is going.

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Platform Scale: How an emerging business model helps startups build large empires with minimum investment

Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy--And How to Make Them Work for You

Platform Ecosystems: Aligning Architecture, Governance, and Strategy

Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms

Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy

The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism (MIT Press)

The Digital Transformation Playbook: Rethink Your Business for the Digital Age (Columbia Business School Publishing)

Platform Economics: Essays on Multi-Sided Businesses

The Power of Product Platforms

Platform Scale: How an emerging business model helps startups build large empires with minimum investment

Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy--And How to Make Them Work for You

Platform Ecosystems: Aligning Architecture, Governance, and Strategy

Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms

Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy

The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism (MIT Press)

The Digital Transformation Playbook: Rethink Your Business for the Digital Age (Columbia Business School Publishing)

Platform Economics: Essays on Multi-Sided Businesses

The Power of Product Platforms

The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business