The pebble and the avalanche how taking things apart creates revolutions - Yudkowsky, Moshe (Berrett-Koehler, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Takes a "big picture" look at what causes whole industries to change. The author shows how the Internet, the auto industry, music downloading, and more, are all connected by the same dynamic - disaggregation - and also shows why this dynamic is crucial to survival in the 21st century marketplace
Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Disaggregation: Why the Sum of the Parts Is Greater Than the Whole; Part II. Case Studies: Two Hundred Years of Revolutions; Part III. Business Strategies: How to Cope, How to Fail, and How to Predict the Future; Notes; Index; About Disaggregate; About the Author