02688nam 2200457za 450 991015754380332120250217052448.09781509504886 (electronic book)9781509504862 (hbk.)9781509504879 (pbk.)(MiAaPQ)EBC4773843(CKB)3710000001001205(EXLCZ)99371000000100120520170117d2017 fy 0engurcn|nnn|||||txtrdacontent.crdamedia.crrdacarrier.Platform capitalism /Nick SrnicekCambridge Polity20171 online resource (vi, 75 pages)Theory reduxPrint version: Srnicek, Nick. Platform capitalism. Cambridge, England ; Malden, Massachusetts : Polity, ©2017 approximately 76 pages Theory redux. 9781509504862 Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- 1. The long downturn -- 2. Platform capitalism -- 3. Great platform wars -- Notes -- References.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 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. It shows how the fundamental foundations of the economy are rapidly being carved up among a small number of monopolistic platforms, and how the platform introduces new tendencies within capitalism that pose significant challenges to any vision of a post-capitalist future. This book will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how the most powerful tech companies of our time are transforming the global economy.--Provided by publisher.Theory redux.Information technologyEconomic aspectsBusiness enterprisesMulti-sided platform businessesCapitalismHistoryInformation technologyEconomic aspects.Business enterprises.Multi-sided platform businesses.CapitalismHistory.330.12209Srnicek Nick7414969910157543803321Platform capitalism1504961UNINA