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    The Age of the Platform; How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business

    By Phil Simon

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    Four companies (Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google) have done nothing less than redefine business. In this provocative new book, four-time author Phil Simon examines the platform as the most important business model of the 21st century.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateOct 22, 2011
    ISBN9780982930267
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    The Age of the Platform; How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business
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    Phil Simon

    Phil Simon is probably the world's leading independent expert on workplace collaboration and technology. He is a frequent keynote speaker and the award-winning author of 14 books, most recently The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace. He helps organizations communicate, collaborate, and use technology better. Harvard Business Review, the MIT Sloan Management Review, Wired, NBC, CNBC, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and The New York Times have featured his contributions. He also hosts the podcast Conversations About Collaboration.

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