The Top 5 Books on Platform Businesses

  1. Platform Scale: How an emerging business model helps startups build large empires with minimum investment – Sangeet Paul Choudary
  2. Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy – and How to Make Them Work for You – Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Sangeet Paul Choudary
  3. Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms – David S. Evans, Richard Schmalensee
  4. The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power – Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer, David B. Yoffie
  5. Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy

Further Reading:

  1. Platform Strategy: How to Unlock the Power of Communities and Networks to Grow Your Business – Laure Claire Reillier, Benoit Reillier
  2. Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future

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