Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Drive Innovation and Transform Industries (Invisible Engines) (The MIT Press)

by David S. Evans, Andrei Hagiu, and Richard Schmalensee

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Software platforms are the invisible engines that have created, touched, or transformed nearly every major industry for the past quarter century. They power everything from mobile phones and automobile navigation systems to search engines and web portals. They have been the source of enormous value to consumers and helped some entrepreneurs build great fortunes. And they are likely to drive change that will dwarf the business and technology revolution we have seen to this point. Invisible Engines examines the business dynamics and strategies used by firms that recognize the transformative power unleashed by this new revolution -- a revolution...Read more
  • ISBN10 0262251558
  • ISBN13 9780262251556
  • Publish Date 15 February 2008 (first published 18 August 2006)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher MIT Press Ltd
  • Imprint MIT Press
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 408
  • Language English