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A trio of experts on high-tech business strategy and innovation reveals the principles behind the rise of platform businesses, which have become the most valuable firms globally, including the first trillion-dollar companies. In the digital era, managers and entrepreneurs must navigate both the conventional and platform economies. Business-oriented platforms operate at the industry or ecosystem level, enabling individuals and organizations to innovate and interact in unprecedented ways, creating economic value far beyond traditional companies. This in-depth examination of platform strategy and digital innovation highlights how a small number of companies exert significant influence over various aspects of our lives. The authors explain the differences between these new entities and past powerful corporations, questioning the limits of their market dominance. They also discuss the role of governments in rethinking regulations related to data privacy and antitrust to curb potential abuses by these businesses. Their aim is to equip managers and entrepreneurs to build sustainable platform businesses that can compete effectively against digital and conventional rivals. Drawing on thirty years of experience studying these firms, this book offers a timely investigation into the economic and technological forces shaping dominant players like Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and Google, and their impact on the global economy and fut

"The authors of the bestselling Competing on Internet Time (a Business Week top 10 book) analyze the strategies, principles, and skills of three of the most successful and influential figures in business--Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs--offering lessons for all managers and entrepreneurs on leadership, strategy and execution. In less than a decade, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Andy Grove founded three companies that would define the world of technology and transform our lives. At their peaks, Microsoft, Apple, and Intel were collectively worth some $1.5 trillion. Strategy Rules examines these three individuals collectively for the first time--their successes and failures, commonalities and differences--revealing the business strategies and practices they pioneered while building their firms. David B. Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano have studied these three leaders and their companies for more than thirty years, while teaching business strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship at Harvard and MIT. In this enlightening guide, they show how Gates, Grove, and Jobs approached strategy and execution in remarkably similar ways--yet markedly differently from their erstwhile competitors--keeping their focus on five strategic rules. Strategy Rules brings together the best practices in strategic management and high-tech entrepreneurship from three path-breaking entrepreneurs who emerged as CEOs of huge global companies. Their approaches to formulating strategy and building organizations offer unique insights for start-up executives as well as the heads of modern multinationals"-- Provided by publisher

The book introduces a revolutionary approach to competition, emphasizing the importance of leveraging opponents' strengths rather than confronting them directly. Drawing from judo principles, it provides practical techniques for companies, whether startups or established giants, to effectively compete against larger rivals. Through real-world examples from notable companies, it illustrates how managers can maximize their initial advantages, maintain balance in competition, and turn competitors' strengths into weaknesses. Additionally, it offers a defensive strategy to guard against potential challengers.

Yoffie (international business administration, Harvard Business School) and Kwak (research associate, Harvard Business School) use examples from companies such as Wal-Mart, Charles Schwab, Palm Computing, and RealNetworks to illustrate the ways that modern business strategy is analogous to Judo strategy, namely: use your opponents' size and strength to bring them down. The first three chapters lay out the principles of Judo strategy, movement, balance, and leverage, while the second section offers case examples of business people the authors call Judo Masters. c. Book News Inc.