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)

Uber: Will it go too far?
CAN
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 2:04 pm
I am still reeling following last week’s surprising outcome in the presidential election. A confluence of thoughts from the fate of employment in this country to how Uber has been able to disrupt a deeply entrenched industry has led me [...]
Bricks and Clicks: How Walmart is Winning with Digital Technology
Jessica Bollow
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 3:52 pm
This post examines how Walmart is adapting its business model and operating model to maintain its leadership position in traditional retail while gaining a stronghold in eCommerce
Modernizing an archaic, unsexy industry
HomanM
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 8:20 pm
Flexport is modernizing the age-old global trade industry
GameStop in the Age of Digital Distribution
JS
Posted on November 16, 2016 at 11:08 pm
GameStop, the last pure video game retailer in the United States, has seen its stock price fall 34.1% over the last four quarters due to mixed sales results on its website and 6,627 physical stores. Can GameStop figure out how [...]
Peloton: Digitalizing Spinning
Catherine Xu
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 2:07 pm
Peloton has revolutionized the cycling studio experience, putting significant competitive pressure on trendy powerhouses like SoulCycle
Too Digital Too Late – While clients lost weight, Weight Watchers lost clients
KS
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:12 pm
What happens when the leader in weight loss fails to invest in digital technology? Weight Watchers made a costly mistake that is hurting the 50 year old brand
OverDrive and the Digitization of Public Libraries
yz2236
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:17 pm
The success of e-books has fundamentally changed the relationships between publishers and lending libraries. As the middleman, what can OverDrive do to resolve this tension?
Virtual Clinical Trials: Pfizer’s Digital Transformation of Pharmaceutical R&D
Jacqueline Zimoch
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 4:56 pm
Pfizer is betting big on “the internet-of-things” to transform the clinical trial design and data acquisition for its experimental Parkinson's drug PF-06649751, which is slated to begin Phase III clinical trials in 2019.
You.Have.Mail Wherever.You.Are
The Concerned Corker
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:17 pm
More than 4 billion people in the world lack mailing addresses. A new geo-location platform is poised to change that by envisioning a universal addressing system, functional in any language, that refers to locations more precisely than street addresses can.
USAA – A leader in Financial Services Digitization
Dave
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:59 pm
USAA has provided the military with digital banking for years, but needs to continue to innovate to stay on the top of the digital banking world.
Does a Library Need Books?
Alex K
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 1:41 pm
How the Boston Public Library and other libraries are adapting (or not) to the world of digital media.
Chase Cashes in on Mobile Banking
Alex Hartman
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 2:56 pm
A Check in on Chase and Mobile Banking.
The startup trying to save a media dinosaur
RC
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 2:43 pm
Newspapers are hurting. Can a new pricing approach reverse declines?
“ZapZap”: How WhatsApp transformed communications in Brazil
Marcelo
Posted on November 15, 2016 at 10:42 pm
WhatsApp has completely changed the way individuals and small businesses interact with each other in Brazil
The Onslaught of Digital unto Nuclear Dinosaurs
Jaime Arias
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 2:21 pm
Digital technology represents a serious of very specific challenges to the nuclear industry based on its regulatory structure and current market pressures.
GameStop – A casualty of digitialization?
Paul
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 6:00 pm
GameStop, the worlds largest video game retailer, struggles to stay alive in a digital world
Duolingo: Working for your Education
Lisa Sha
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 10:38 pm
Duolingo claims to provide a social service (language education) for free, all supported by your translation services. Will it become sustainable?
UberMOTO: A Challenge to Bangkok’s Motorcycle Taxis Business Model
PatL
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:54 pm
Bangkok’s traffic is a nightmare. With nearly 7 million residents, Bangkok is Thailand’s largest city and the second largest metropolitan in Southeast Asia [1]. Despite the city’s enormous population and economic importance, its public transportation infrastructure remains heavily underinvested and [...]
Profitization Through Supply Chain Digitization at H&M
xyz
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 5:22 pm
H&M has leveraged the power of its digital supply chain to outpace competition.
The Digital Solution to Overeating
PM
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 3:20 pm
Creating the "digital therapeutics" category
J.P. Morgan Chase and the Rise of the Machines
GTaylor
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 1:29 pm
How a retail bank is adapting to the growing internet of things
Dude, Where’s My Car? Car Hacking in the Digital Age
TK
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 10:29 pm
Will hackers soon have us all saying "dude, where's my car?"
Wimbledon: Technology Meets Tradition
Nicole
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 8:38 pm
How the world’s oldest tennis tournament is going modern
Telemedicine: Removing the “Borders” in Doctors Without Borders
Sharif Vakili
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:51 pm
MSF's mission to save lives in war-torn regions comes with great human and financial costs. Can telemedicine help overcome these challenges?
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