Turning Silicon into Gold : The Strategies, Failures, and Evolution of the Tech Industry / / by Griffin Kao, Jessica Hong, Michael Perusse, Weizhen Sheng
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Kao Griffin
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| Titolo: |
Turning Silicon into Gold : The Strategies, Failures, and Evolution of the Tech Industry / / by Griffin Kao, Jessica Hong, Michael Perusse, Weizhen Sheng
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, CA : , : Apress : , : Imprint : Apress, , 2020 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2020. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (183 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 658.4038 |
| Soggetto topico: | Entrepreneurship |
| Leadership | |
| Management | |
| Industrial management | |
| Big data | |
| Technical education | |
| Business Strategy/Leadership | |
| Innovation/Technology Management | |
| Big Data/Analytics | |
| Engineering/Technology Education | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | HongJessica |
| PerusseMichael | |
| ShengWeizhen | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Part 1: Getting Started -- Chapter 1: The Second Mover Advantage -- Chapter 2: Election Meddling -- Chapter 3: Cashless Cash -- Chapter 4: Pivot to Perfection -- Chapter 5: The Chicken or the Egg -- Part 2: Gaining the Edge -- Chapter 6: The Secondary Market -- Chapter 7: Cutting out the Middleman -- Chapter 8: Innovating an Industry -- Chapter 9: Flourishing Freemium -- Chapter 10: Fake It 'Til You Make It -- Part 3: Extending the Lead -- Chapter 11: Online to Offline (O2O) -- Chapter 12: The Last Mile Problem -- Chapter 13: Tech IPO Flops -- Chapter 14: Apples to Apples -- Chapter 15: Memes as Marketing -- Part 4: Failing -- Chapter 16: Un-assistive Voice Assistants -- Chapter 17: Too Much of a Good Thing -- Chapter 18: print(“No.”) -- Chapter 19: The Rise and Fall of Virtual Reality -- Part 5: Society -- Chapter 20: Chinese Women in Tech -- Chapter 21: Mental Health Algorithms -- Chapter 22: I Made It; It’s Mine -- Chapter 23: What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Billion New Users -- Chapter 24: Wisdom of the Crowd -- Chapter 25: Dataism and Transhumanism -- Glossary. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A few square miles of Northern California contain some of the world’s largest companies whose products affect billions of people every single day. What made these giants of Silicon Valley as impactful as they are? What do their paths to success have in common? Turning Silicon into Gold is a sharp analysis of 25 case studies examining just that. Authors Griffin Kao, Jessica Hong, Michael Perusse, and Weizhen Sheng provide relevant commentary as they explore the stories behind companies such as Apple, Amazon, OpenTable, and many more. These organizations used unique problem-solving strategies to forever change the face of tech—whether it was Facebook’s second mover advantage over MySpace or Nintendo’s leap of faith in the 1980s to revitalize the video game industry. Learn by example as Turning Silicon into Gold divulges the inner workings behind some of the most significant business decisions in tech history. The nuanced ways these companies tackled emerging markets and generated growth in uncertain times is essential knowledge for modern business leaders, innovators, and aspiring founders. Whether you are simply curious about the origins of the world’s tech giants or you are an entrepreneur looking for inspiration, the thoughtful, comprehensive case study collection that is Turning Silicon into Gold belongs on your bookshelf. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Turning Silicon into Gold |
| ISBN: | 1-4842-5629-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910377817903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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