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)

Improving care for those who cared for us
Philip
Posted on November 14, 2016 at 11:05 pm
Falls By 2050, the 65+ population is expected to grow to 83+ million (double what it was in 2012)1. We all know and don’t enjoy thinking about it, but most of our parents are either in this category or soon [...]
Are schools going to disappear in the future?
D
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 4:30 pm
edX is an example of a company that uses technology to change the way education is delivered to students. Let’s explore how it works and what challenges it may have in the future.
Can Bitcoins Make Things Cheaper?
Camille D
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 10:58 pm
Bitso is a Mexican Bitcoin exchange that is using the cryptocurrency to offer its customers cheaper and faster international money transfers. Money transfers involving “conventional” currencies (Dollars, Euros, …) require intermediaries at both the sending and receiving ends and, more [...]
Bean Counters in Space: How Orbital Insights Sees the World
Dan
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 1:16 am
Orbital Insights is applying machine learning to a vast amount of satellite imagery to help hedge funds and governments quantify the world.
Gotta Catch Em’ All: Nintendo’s Mobile Breakthrough with Pokemon Go
ahuynh
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 3:21 pm
After losing the latest battle in the video game console war, how can Nintendo utilize new advancements in mobile gaming and augmented reality to remain relevant in a continuously changing gaming industry?
Digital transformation revolutionizing the banking experience
T@HBS
Last modified on November 14, 2016 at 5:04 pm
The largest privately-owned bank in Latin America is well ahead in the digital transformation movement. By understanding how it creates value to customers – and how to monetize such value – Itaú Unibanco (ITUB) has revolutionized the banking experience in [...]
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.
Digitization at Walmart
Manu
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 4:37 pm
Can you think of any company or industry that hasn't been transformed - for better or for worse - by digitization? Let's see how Walmart has managed...
Mr Porter: Men finally go online for luxury
Emu
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 2:43 pm
Mr Porter has pioneered the online market for men's luxury goods by redefining its operating model.
In a digital universe full of Marvel
jeremy
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 6:30 pm
How the comic book powerhouse leveraged digital technologies to grow
What makes good TV? Apparently the answer is more science than art…
MD
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 3:35 pm
What has historically been the art of the tastemakers in Hollywood is moving to the science of those in Silicon Valley
Bringing the solar system home… and making it smarter
Leah Kaplow
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 1:17 am
How BBOXX is bringing the “Internet of Things” to off-grid energy solutions
WeWork’s blueprint is community and technology
Wilson
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 8:05 am
WeWork's platform is powered by software engineers, rocket scientists, and data scientists; they’ve fundamentally changed the industry combining community and real estate science.
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?"
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?
The Ethics of AI: Robotic Cars, Licensed to Kill
Nic
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 8:24 pm
Google’s self-driving cars will make an immense difference in reducing road-related deaths. But in the case of an unavoidable accident, how do we train AI to make a judgment call on who should die?
Auto makers manage to cram ever more technology into their cars, but dealers fall behind.
DK
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 12:38 pm
Car manufacturers have embraced digital technology, from navigation systems to night vision displays, but their dealerships are lagging far behind.
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 [...]
Out of print
SophieK
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 2:23 pm
Can the New York Times survive the digital era?
McDigital or McDoomed?
Anisa
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 12:07 am
When it comes to food, customers want more customization and more variety and we want it faster than ever before. Faced with declining sales and industry headwinds, can McDonalds use data and digital innovation to drive customer value?
Topps Baseball Cards: A 25-Year Digital Rollercoaster
Brian Locklear
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 4:12 pm
Baseball cards seemed like an obvious casualty of the digital revolution. But 20 years later, Topps is leveraging digital technology to revive the iconic American pastime.
How does Blockchain technology apply to Diamond?
Ting
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 2:47 pm
The technology most likely to change the next decade of business is not the social web, big data, the cloud, robotics, or even artificial intelligence. It’s the Blockchain, the technology behind digital currencies like Bitcoin. How could this technology be [...]
The New York Times is Not a Paper: The Face-off with Twit/Book
NJG
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:48 pm
Digitization and democratization of information are generally viewed as benefiting the public good, even if private incumbent enterprises are disrupted or dismantled in the process. Does journalism present a potential counterexample where both are harmed? And what can one of [...]
Alibaba is disrupting a traditional Financial Services industry in China.
StanMoskovtsev
Last modified on July 30, 2024 at 11:03 am
Alibaba's financial service arm, called Ant Financial offers a range of financial services, such as payment, micro-loans, a digital bank, wealth management and others, disrupting traditional financial services industry in China.
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