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The platform economy : how Japan transformed the consumer Internet /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steinberg, Marc, 1977- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Multi-sided platform business > Japan.
Internet industry > Japan.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Contents discourse: a platform prelude
  • Platform typology: from hardware to contents
  • The Japanese genesis of transactional platform theory
  • Docomo's i-mode and the formatting of the mobile internet
  • Platforms after i-mode: Dwango's Niconico video
  • Conclusion: the platformization of regional chat apps.