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Platform Capitalism
Nick Srnicek
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Description for Platform Capitalism
Paperback. What 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. Series: Theory Redux. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; KCP; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 190 x 23. Weight in Grams: 196.
What 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...
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Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Theory Redux
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509504879
SKU
V9781509504879
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About Nick Srnicek
Nick Srnicek (born 1982) is an American writer and academic. He is currently a lecturer in Digital Economy at King's College London. Born in 1982, Srnicek took a double major in Psychology and Philosophy before completing an MA at the University of Western Ontario in 2007. He proceeded to a PhD at the London School of Economics, completing his thesis...
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' Platform Capitalism is a high definition snapshot of the current political economic situation than manages to get a lot of detail into a tight frame. It offers a convincing image of the current stage of capitalist development as a series of variations on the theme of the platform as a means of consolidating or seizing a kind of monopoly...
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