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020 _a9781509504879 (pbk.) :
_c£9.99
035 _a(StDuBDS)9781509504879
040 _aStDuBDS
_beng
_cStDuBDS
_erda
072 7 _aIND
_2eflch
072 7 _aIND
_2ukslc
082 0 4 _a338.7
_223
100 1 _aSrnicek, Nick,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPlatform capitalism /
_cNick Srnicek.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bPolity,
_c2017.
300 _avi, 171 pages ;
_c19 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aTheory redux
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 8 _aWhat unites Google and Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, Siemens and GE, Uber and Airbnb? Across a wide range of sectors, these firms are transforming themselves into platforms: businesses that provide the hardware and software foundation for others to operate on. This transformation signals a major shift in how capitalist firms operate and how they interact with the rest of the economy: the emergence of 'platform capitalism'. This book critically examines these new business forms, tracing their genesis from the long downturn of the 1970s to the boom and bust of the 1990s and the aftershocks of the 2008 crisis.
521 _aSpecialized.
650 0 _aMulti-sided platform businesses.
650 0 _aInformation technology
_xEconomic aspects.
650 0 _aBusiness enterprises.
650 0 _aCapitalism.
650 7 _aIndustry.
_2eflch
650 7 _aIndustry.
_2ukslc
830 0 _aTheory redux.
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