Microsoft,Google,and Facebook are three powerful companies in the emerging field of Web 2.0.How these firms choose to compete with each other and what business models they use to bring in revenues will,at least to some degree,shape the structure of this industry.The partnership in "social search" discussed between Facebook and Microsoft is an example of what?
A) Crowdsourcing
B) Co-opetition
C) Competitive parity
D) Industry effects

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The partnership in "social search" discussed between Facebook and Microsoft is an example of two competitors deciding to cooperate, which is termed co-opetition.

Microsoft,Google,and Facebook Are Three Powerful Companies in the Emerging Field