Platform revolution
by Geoffrey Parker · first published 2016
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An inside look at the transformative potential of the platform business model shares comprehensive explanations of how platforms use technology to match producers and consumers while unlocking hidden resources and creating new forms of value.
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on “Summer Reading List” ↗Exactly, this is platform economics 101. If you missed this then read: Parker, G. G., Van Alstyne, M. W., & Choudary, S. P. (2016). Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy and How to Make Them Work for You.
on “AMP for email is a terrible idea” ↗* Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy. The book explains how to think of a platform systematically. It's valuable because it applies to everything else in life, any business, any industry…
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on “Ask HN: What are some good resources to learn business administration/finance?” ↗…growth that tending to what was on their platforms wasn’t as urgent, says Geoffrey Parker, a Dartmouth College professor of engineering and co-author of a book about the rise of such businesses called “Platform Revolution.” “Now,” he says, “it’s exploding in their face.”
on “One Word Defined Tech Companies’ Growth. It Is Now ‘Exploding in Their Face.’” ↗