"There is always one company that sees much farther than its industry peers, operates with a more encompassing vision, and assumes not only market leadership but also innovation and thought leadership. How does this happen? Read the lively, richly detailed cases studies of Platform Leadership for the answer."
--- Mike Ruettgers, Executive Chairman, EMC Corporation
"Gawer and Cusumano have written an invaluable book for anyone trying to turn new technology into new business. To win with a new technology, the authors argue, you must build a coalition of customers, suppliers, and complementors."
--- Adam Brandenburger, MBA Class of 1958 Professor, Harvard Business School, and coauthor, Co-opetition
"Platform Leadership illuminates the high-wire acts of high-tech competition. The choice of technological platform is of critical importance for individual companies jockeying for position in the marketplace, for emerging industries trying to ensure maximum market growth, even for nations trying to achieve technological leadership. This lucidly written book is filled with engaging tales of high-profile platform battles, complemented with novel and insightful analyses of why some battles were won and others lost."
--- Bengt Holmstrom, Professor of Economics and Management, MIT Sloan School of Management, and Board of Directors, Nokia
"If your company depends on other firms to provide a complete solution to your customers, this book is a must-read. Annabelle Gawer and Michael Cusumano provide excellent strategies for achieving a profitable and sustainable role as a platform leader."
--- Sanjiv Sidhu, Founder and Chairman, i2 Technologies, Inc.
"Every business today competes in an interdependent environment. Platform Leadership provides a clear and incisive look at how these industry relationships evolve. It is an important manual for any investor, employee, manager, or customer wishing to compete more effectively in the high-tech industry."
--- Bernard Liautaud, CEO and Founder, Business Objects