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Data platforms and network effects

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How data-network effects create opportunities and inflate expectations.

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 65, Issue 10
          October 2022
          84 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/3564680
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          • James Larus
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