Platform Capitalism

by Nick Srnicek

Book Overview

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 economy: the emergence of 'platform capitalism'.

This book critically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509504877
• ISBN13: 9781509504879
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.8" x 7.4"