A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy
by Carl Shapiro
Recommended by Tim O’Reilly and Tren Griffin
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Finance, and Business.
In Information Rules, authors Shapiro and Varian reveal that many classic economic concepts can provide the insight and understanding necessary to succeed in the information age. They argue that if managers seriously want to develop effective strategies for competing in the new economy, they must understand the fundamental economics of information ...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Finance, and Business.
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Tren Griffin
“Microsoft also has a chief economist. The teams interact. He trained many people at Berkeley in the software industry. Hal's book Information Rules is foundational. His work on network effects was seminal. This lecture by Hal is one of my favorites.”
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Consider The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis. Recommended by 15 sources.
“Michael Lewis chronicles the friendship and intellectual partnership of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, who championed the idea that cognitive biases shape our choices. The narrative reads like a buddy story, weaving their discoveries into personal anecdotes and the drama of their collaboration. You'll grasp key ideas—loss aversion, framing—through their story, but the book focuses on biography, not application. Helpful for understanding behavioral economics' origins; less useful if you want actionable advice. The emotional arc of their relationship can overshadow the science.”
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