The central focus of the book is data and how it is captured, processed and monetized by platform owners such as Facebook, Google and Uber. Srnicek is critical of some of the approaches of these companies, particularly Uber, but offers a realistic and useful description of their business models and the challenges they face as their platforms mature and the basic drivers of … [Read more...] about Book Review – Platform Capitalism
Infonomics by Douglas B. Laney – Book Review
Laney defines Infonomics as, “the theory, study and discipline of asserting economic significance to information.” (page 9). In this sense, his book provides a practical set of questions for business professionals to ask when trying to work out if there is hidden “gold” in their data. The examples he includes anchor the more theoretical aspects of the book to the realities of … [Read more...] about Infonomics by Douglas B. Laney – Book Review