Digitization Challenge

November 18, 2016

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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)

Pono No More? Neil Young’s Crowdfunded Attempt to Restore the Magic in Digital Music
chad.trausch
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:57 pm
can a music-industry superstar reclaim the soul of music through advances hardware and software technology?
Digital Banking: Cut the Lines and Human Interaction
BHolden
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:12 pm
In an age where startups rise to the top over outdated incumbents, hundred-year-old banks continue to adapt and thrive
How to Rent Your Neighbor’s Tesla with Getaround
MayC Huang
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 4:08 pm
Getaround is the self-proclaimed “Airbnb of cars”. Development of smartphones and location-based technology has driven development of the sharing economy. New peer-to-peer car rental services threaten a market dominated by the big three (Avis, Enterprise, and Hertz) and threaten car [...]
The evolution of Singapore’s Changi Airport
Mwd
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 2:37 pm
Travelers numbers are expected to reach 4 billion by 2017. How are the biggest airline hubs in the world dealing with this rapid growth?
New York Times… “trading analog dollars for digital pennies”
AhmadMans
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:38 pm
The NYT has been hit by the digital disruption of the industry. In tandem with new technology and the rise of mobile, today’s audiences have drastically changed how they consume content. They’re abandoning so-called legacy news media for digital and [...]
I Like Baseball: How The Internet Is Changing a Thing I Like
EBS
Last modified on November 16, 2016 at 5:39 pm
The Internet is changing baseball, which is a thing I like.
Behind Moneyball 2.0 Stands STATS
KS
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 6:33 pm
A five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a twelve-time All-star, Bill Russell once said, “the only important statistic is the final score.” But is it really? New digital platforms and technologies have transformed the business of sports to be ever [...]
Where Art Meets Engineering: Google Art Project
DRajan
Last modified on November 20, 2016 at 2:35 pm
The work of art in the age of Google: one tech giant's attempt at bringing disruptive technologies and culture together for the greater good.
Nuclear Power Upgrades
EM
Last modified on November 20, 2016 at 3:16 pm
Nuclear power provides 60% of all clean energy sources in America, but this clean power source has slowed in innovation due to public wariness. Exelon Corp has been a global lead in guaranteeing safe nuclear opeartions and digital integration.
I’m A Barbie Girl in an IoT World
MPDHBS2018
Posted on November 14, 2016 at 7:42 pm
Since her birth 50+ years ago, Barbie has been on several adventures as detective, president, and doctor, just to name a few. Her next adventure is in the digital cloud, where she joins the Internet of Things (IoT) trend that [...]
TiO Networks: From reverse ATMs to mobile wallets, this ain’t your uncle’s network.
NR
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 6:41 pm
One in five individuals in the US today are underbanked or unbanked, meaning they have no or limited access to bank accounts and traditional financial services products.[i] According to the Center for Financial Services Innovation, these individuals rely instead on [...]
Finding the New York Times’ Lost Subscribers
G
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 2:52 pm
Can the NYTimes find its way in a digital world?
Domino’s: Pizza Giant, or Tech Startup?
AS
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:58 pm
How Domino’s Pizza leveraged technological innovation to re-establish itself as one of the top two pizza distributors in the Unites States, and what it means for their future.
Moneyball^2: How the Houston Astros are Using Statcast to Generate Wins and Profits
Hunter
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 1:33 pm
Jeff Luhnow and crew's algorithm-based roster building turns heads in the industry and in the bleachers.
“The Everything, Everywhere, Every time Store”
AyhanSebin
Last modified on November 20, 2016 at 10:35 pm
“In 1994, after seeing an article citing Internet usage was growing by 2,300%, Jeff Bezos left a comfortable, high-paying job and started an online bookstore inside his rental house in suburban Seattle. His online bookselling company quickly morphed into the [...]
Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Transformation
@Jesse
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 11:51 pm
Autonomous Vehicles and the future of Uber... One day your Uber will drive itself.
The American Red Cross: Could the Future of Disaster Response Involve Drones and Machine Learning?
apedrajo
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 4:53 pm
The American Red Cross is leveraging technology to improve the accuracy and timing of its critical information flows in disaster response efforts.
Under Armour: The Next Big Tech Company?
zaradi
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:57 pm
Kevin Plank, founder and CEO of Under Amour, is making a~$700M bet that technology will define the future of the brand.
Online Brokers and Robinhood
user0112358
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 3:21 pm
A stock brokerage firm facilitates the buying and selling of tradable financial assets. The present blog entry introduces the various forms of brokerages and explores the opportunities and threats posed by online brokerage firms—especially Robinhood—to the brokerage world.
Wahoo Fitness: Riding the Digital Wave
CM
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 5:14 pm
The athletic industry is undergoing a digital renaissance. Can Wahoo Fitness balance its hardware and software offerings to build a lasting business and organizational model?
Ripple: Disrupting Cross-border Transactions with Blockchain Technology
Ozi
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:55 pm
Ripple: Disrupting Cross-border Transactions with Blockchain Technology
How is technology disrupting education?
SC
Last modified on November 21, 2016 at 4:52 pm
Education is a big deal. It’s #2 of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals and as the world invests more than $3 trillion dollars annually into the sector[1], it is pertinent that education outcomes improve. The US government spends more per [...]
The Internet of Things: Your Future Doctor!
Saurav Patyal
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 4:26 pm
"Imagine you walk into a room, and the room is dynamic. With your permission, you are interacting with things going on in the room". - Eric Schmidt, Google chairman, on IoT[0]
The new Thanksgiving weekend activity … “Spying Saturday”
cranberryfarmer8
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:49 pm
Using smartphones as barcode scanners has created a showrooming phenomenon. How can traditional retailers catch up?
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