Digitization Challenge

November 18, 2016

Read The Full Prompt

Choose a company that provides an interesting example of how digital transformation has created opportunities or challenges for business and operating models. A business model defines how a business differentiates itself by creating and capturing value. An operating model defines how that business delivers on that promise. Describe how the organization is using digital technology to develop its business model and operating model, and describe and justify what additional steps you think the organization should consider implementing. Your example can describe a positive (e.g., a success story or best practice) or negative experience (e.g., a business failure).

Note: The post for this assignment should be 600–800 words, and must conclude with a word count such as “(778 words).” Posts should not exceed 800 words.

Submitted (926)

M-Kopa: Disrupting African Retail Banking
TN
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:09 pm
The telecom executives laying out the new banking model in Africa.
Stock Options? Don’t Need ’Em! I’m Coding For Uncle Sam
TVD
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:43 pm
Washington plans to rob the private sector of a 500-people elite tech squad from all over Silicon Valley by the end of 2016 — here is how and why
Targeting a New Future
DT
Posted on November 16, 2016 at 11:12 pm
How is Target coping with the shift to e-commerce?
Can Digitization Save Healthcare? Athenahealth Thinks It Can
gyjiang
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 4:51 pm
This cloud-based health services start-up believes it can "unbreak healthcare." Is Athenahealth the digital solution that the healthcare industry has been waiting for?
The geeks shall inherit the earth
Sharp Boy
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 4:43 pm
  In some cities in Brazil, you don’t need to carry cash. Even street peddlers accept credit cards in Sao Paulo. It comes as no surprise, then, that there is a move to digital payments and banking happening in the [...]
Samsung, connecting your everyday life.
Jaydn Yoon
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:50 pm
How Samsung is helping you live a Smart life by connecting everything around you.
Capturing the Fashion Unicorn: A Not-so Far-fetched Story
MM
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 6:26 pm
Farfetch, the UK-based omnichannel luxury retail platform, boasts a differentiated value proposition – the seamless integration of online and offline.
Otto Set to Disrupt the Freight Industry
Shezaad
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 4:10 pm
Otto's self-driving technology will disrupt the $1.4 trillion freight industry
Modernizing the Girl Scouts for the 21st Century
Joy
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Digital technology will underpin the 105-year-old girl empowerment organization’s efforts to make the Girl Scout experience relevant in the 21st century.
East vs. West: Can JPMorgan Chase protect its lunch from the FinTech startups of the world?
Kamisha
Last modified on November 20, 2016 at 12:24 pm
Four words say it all about JPMorgan Chase’s assessment of the digital landscape of the banking industry – “Silicon Valley is coming.”
Removing the Person Out of Personalized Care in the Luxury Hospitality Industry
Ranj
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 7:40 am
Hilton Hotels and Resorts is looking to shift value from in-person care to eCare, while still relying on a business model that offers personalized customer service.
Nike’s Play in the Digitization of Fitness
George Hanscom
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:42 pm
In the mid 2000’s Nike seemed poised to be a leader in the athletic and fitness digital revolution. In 2014 the company found itself exiting the wearable technology device market with the failure of its Nike+ Fuelband. How did Nike [...]
If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It? Think Again…
asap
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:11 pm
The Power of Predictive Analytics to Improve Maintenance and Reliability in the Industrial Sector.
Sephora: Bringing digital into brick & mortar stores
CN
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:55 pm
E-commerce is not the only digital future for retail
AMZN or Amazing?
rand
Last modified on November 16, 2016 at 9:30 pm
Over the past 22 years, Amazon.com has continuously evolved to remain on the forefront of transformations in digital technology.
Shedding light into the Mexican Institute for Social Security
Samuel Castillo
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 1:53 am
Largest Latin American social security provider takes its procurement record keeping to the web in search for increased transparency.
If this, then that!
Denzil
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 3:42 pm
IFTTT lets anyone control the Internet of Things.
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!?!? – The NFL’s Fight to Evolve in the Digital Age
Zack Jackson
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:57 pm
“We respect our traditions, but we embrace evolution.” – Michelle McKenna-Doyle, NFL Chief Information Officer
Too much data
coach
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 7:52 am
How useful is Under Armour's data collection to my personal health?
Programmatic as a driver of digital sales
J B
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 1:41 am
News Publishers in today’s globalized and mobiled world face are struggling to defend their revenues. Their business model consists of creating great content and establishing the right structure to monetizing it. Digital advertising is becoming the largest revenue stream for [...]
Hello, “Hello Tractor”!
Zach Addy
Last modified on November 20, 2016 at 8:17 pm
Challenged with information and technology gaps within their agricultural system, Nigerian farmers struggle to optimize crop performance. One company plans to change this by revolutionizing an unlikely tool.
Smart Campus: Coming to a School Near You?
JAH
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 2:15 pm
What role will internet connected devices play in enhancing the learning outcomes, operational efficiency, and safety of schools?
Disney World: Making the Most Magical Wearables on Earth
Rachel
Posted on November 16, 2016 at 9:36 pm
Move aside Fitbit and Apple Watch. Disney World is using wearables to make the happiest place on earth a little more magical.
Ralph Lauren Corporation– digitization in the luxury retail business
Rohit Sudheendranath
Last modified on November 20, 2016 at 8:24 pm
How does digitization affect the retail value chain? From smart wearables to smart mirrors, Ralph Lauren has taken bold steps to tap into the early adopters in this retail revolution.
1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 39