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Platform Revolution

How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy and How to Make Them Work for You

by Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Sangeet Paul Choudary ...

A practical guide to the new economy that is transforming the way we live, work, and play.Uber. Airbnb. Amazon. Apple. PayPal. All of these companies disrupted their markets when they launched. Today they are industry leaders. What’s the secret to their success?These cutting-edge businesses are built on platforms: two-sided markets that are revolutionizing the way we do business. Written by three ... Read more

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A practical guide to the new economy that is transforming the way we live, work, and play.Uber. Airbnb. Amazon. Apple. PayPal. All of these companies disrupted their markets when they launched. Today they are industry leaders. What’s the secret to their success?These cutting-edge businesses are built on platforms: two-sided markets that are revolutionizing the way we do business. Written by three
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Platforms and Ecosystems (with bonus article by "Why Some Platforms Thrive and Others Don't" By Feng Zhu and Marco Iansiti)

by Harvard Business Review, Marco Iansiti, Karim R. Lakhani, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Geoffrey G. Parker ...

Series series HBR's 10 Must Reads
Help your company adapt to the new rules of competition.If you read nothing else on creating value with business platforms and ecosystems, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you reap the rewards of multisided platforms (MSPs)—or defend your company against these formidable opponents.This book will ... Read more

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Help your company adapt to the new rules of competition.If you read nothing else on creating value with business platforms and ecosystems, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you reap the rewards of multisided platforms (MSPs)—or defend your company against these formidable opponents.This book will
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Platform Revolution

How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy--and How to Make Them Work for You

by Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Sangeet Paul Choudary ...

Narrated by James Foster ...

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11 hours 5 min

An inside look at the revolutionary business power of the platform—from the experts who helped discover how it works.Facebook, PayPal, Alibaba, Uber—these seemingly disparate companies have upended entire industries by harnessing a single phenomenon: the platform business model. Platform Revolution delivers the first comprehensive analysis of how platforms use technology to match producers and ... Read more

$42.99 USD

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An inside look at the revolutionary business power of the platform—from the experts who helped discover how it works.Facebook, PayPal, Alibaba, Uber—these seemingly disparate companies have upended entire industries by harnessing a single phenomenon: the platform business model. Platform Revolution delivers the first comprehensive analysis of how platforms use technology to match producers and
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The Digital Transformation Playbook

Rethink Your Business for the Digital Age

by David L. Rogers ...

Narrated by Paul Heitsch ...

Unabridged

9 hours 57 min

Rethink your business for the digital age.Every business begun before the Internet now faces the same challenge: How to transform to compete in a digital economy?Globally recognized digital expert David L. Rogers argues that digital transformation is not about updating your technology but about upgrading your strategic thinking. Based on Rogers's decade of research and teaching at Columbia ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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Rethink your business for the digital age.Every business begun before the Internet now faces the same challenge: How to transform to compete in a digital economy?Globally recognized digital expert David L. Rogers argues that digital transformation is not about updating your technology but about upgrading your strategic thinking. Based on Rogers's decade of research and teaching at Columbia
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The Inevitable

Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

by Kevin Kelly ...

Narrated by George Newbern ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

**A New York Times BestsellerFrom one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives**Much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an ... Read more

$22.99 USD

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**A New York Times BestsellerFrom one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives**Much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an
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The Digital Transformation Playbook

Rethink Your Business for the Digital Age

by David Rogers ...

Rethink your business for the digital age.Every business begun before the Internet now faces the same challenge: How to transform to compete in a digital economy?Globally recognized digital expert David L. Rogers argues that digital transformation is not about updating your technology but about upgrading your strategic thinking. Based on Rogers's decade of research and teaching at Columbia ... Read more

$20.99 USD

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Rethink your business for the digital age.Every business begun before the Internet now faces the same challenge: How to transform to compete in a digital economy?Globally recognized digital expert David L. Rogers argues that digital transformation is not about updating your technology but about upgrading your strategic thinking. Based on Rogers's decade of research and teaching at Columbia
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Matchmakers

The New Economics of Multisided Platforms

by David S. Evans, Richard Schmalensee ...

A different kind of matchmaker.Many of the most dynamic public companies, from Alibaba to Facebook to Visa, and the most valuable start-ups, such as Airbnb and Uber, are matchmakers that connect one group of customers with another group of customers. Economists call matchmakers multisided platforms because they provide physical or virtual platforms for multiple groups to get together. Dating sites ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A different kind of matchmaker.Many of the most dynamic public companies, from Alibaba to Facebook to Visa, and the most valuable start-ups, such as Airbnb and Uber, are matchmakers that connect one group of customers with another group of customers. Economists call matchmakers multisided platforms because they provide physical or virtual platforms for multiple groups to get together. Dating sites
... Read more
The Inevitable

Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

by Kevin Kelly ...

**A New York Times BestsellerFrom one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives**Much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an ... Read more

$10.99 USD

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**A New York Times BestsellerFrom one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives**Much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an
... Read more

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Driving Digital Strategy

A Guide to Reimagining Your Business

by Sunil Gupta ...

A roadmap and best practices that allow firms to leverage existing assets and pinpoint areas where new capabilities must be developed.Useful, clear-eyed framework: Gupta has an HBS- and real-world-tested framework to help readers know where to begin.Freshly told stories that illustrate real business dilemmas: Gupta uses stories of well-known companies told with a new twist to bring home his point ... Read more

$23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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A roadmap and best practices that allow firms to leverage existing assets and pinpoint areas where new capabilities must be developed.Useful, clear-eyed framework: Gupta has an HBS- and real-world-tested framework to help readers know where to begin.Freshly told stories that illustrate real business dilemmas: Gupta uses stories of well-known companies told with a new twist to bring home his point
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Modern Monopolies

What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy

by Alex Moazed, Nicholas L. Johnson ...

A guide to platform businesses that shows how they work, how to replicate the success of some of history's best platforms, and how to handle disruption."[A] stimulating book . . . The authors are particularly interesting on how modern platform companies are able to outsource much of their innovation." — The Financial Times" Modern Monopolies brilliantly lays out the formula for how to get rich in ... Read more

$17.29 USD

A guide to platform businesses that shows how they work, how to replicate the success of some of history's best platforms, and how to handle disruption."[A] stimulating book . . . The authors are particularly interesting on how modern platform companies are able to outsource much of their innovation." — The Financial Times" Modern Monopolies brilliantly lays out the formula for how to get rich in
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The Technology Fallacy

How People Are the Real Key to Digital Transformation

by Gerald C. Kane, Anh Nguyen Phillips, Jonathan R. Copulsky, Garth R. Andrus ...

Series series Management on the Cutting Edge
Why an organization’s response to digital disruption should focus on people and processes—not necessarily on technologyDigital technologies are disrupting organizations of every size and shape, leaving managers scrambling to find a technology fix that will help their organizations compete. This book offers managers and business leaders a guide for surviving digital disruptions—but it is not a book ... Read more

$15.99 USD

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Why an organization’s response to digital disruption should focus on people and processes—not necessarily on technologyDigital technologies are disrupting organizations of every size and shape, leaving managers scrambling to find a technology fix that will help their organizations compete. This book offers managers and business leaders a guide for surviving digital disruptions—but it is not a book
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Business Model Generation

A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers

by Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur ...

Series Book 1 - The Strategyzer Series
Business Model Generation is a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models and design tomorrow's enterprises. If your organization needs to adapt to harsh new realities, but you don't yet have a strategy that will get you out in front of your competitors, you need Business Model Generation.Co-created by 470 "Business Model Canvas" ... Read more

$22.00 USD

Business Model Generation is a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models and design tomorrow's enterprises. If your organization needs to adapt to harsh new realities, but you don't yet have a strategy that will get you out in front of your competitors, you need Business Model Generation.Co-created by 470 "Business Model Canvas"
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