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

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.