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)

Starbucks, mobile payments underdog, takes gold
K
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:34 pm
Starbucks has become an unlikely leader in the mobile payments space, and mobile payments could account for over 50 percent of U.S. store transactions within a few years.
Saving Sears: How the Future of Sears is Dependent on Adapting to the Digital Transformation Era
katt
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 4:10 pm
Can Sears save itself by transitioning from selling discrete, reliable products to selling and servicing smart, connected appliances?
Just Do It: The Swoosh Goes Digital
AndyThomas
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:28 pm
An iconic sports brand doubles down on digital.
Spotting and Taking Advantage of the Digitization of Music, Why Spotify is Winning the Digital Music Delivery Battle
ybouks
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 4:36 pm
With 100+ million subscribers, Spotify has gotten out to a big lead in the digital music delivery space by understanding digital trends before others
The Art Market Shuns Digitalization, But Can It Survive?
DG
Last modified on November 21, 2016 at 7:56 am
Is Digitization A Challenge or an Opportunity For The Art Market? Only Time Will Tell
The Sony Pictures Hack: Two Years Later
30293482
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 5:44 pm
Two years later, how are Sony Pictures and the entertainment industry moving forward in the aftermath of the hack?
Is TAG Heuer Out of Time?
Hugo BR
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 1:54 pm
A venerable watch brand struggles to stay relevant in an era of digitization.
Unlocking accessibility to the stock market, even for the visually impaired
Chanti
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 6:05 pm
Looking to to democratize access to financial markets, Robinhood has disrupted the online brokerage industry with its cool designed, easy to use and free mobile trading platform.
Misunderstanding the American Electorate
Kumerica
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 4:59 pm
How digitization is destroying our ability to predict election outcomes
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
Are smart cribs the solution for exhausted parents?
RPARK
Last modified on November 20, 2016 at 5:06 pm
Exhausted parents around the world have probably fantasized, at some point, about a crib that could automatically rock their crying infants to sleep. Of the many firms currently trying to win the hearts of new parents is Google’s Nest Lab, [...]
Tracing a web of destruction: Can big data fight human trafficking?
ART
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:11 pm
Human trafficking is a fluid network of crime that enslaves millions around the world. The traditional response has been fragmented across countries, states, and cities, and each case often resolved in isolation. Polaris Project and other non-profits are exploring the [...]
Digital Visibility for Steel Black Box
Pooja
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 4:57 pm
Steel manufacturing is a black box , digitization is helping it become transparent!!
Modern Day Map Maker
03v50vwe
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 4:55 pm
Geospatial data and analysis were traditionally thought to be difficult-to-access disciplines. Mapbox has unlocked geospatial data for developers, large organizations, and lay people, changing the way map data appears in our daily lives.
Disney – Hakuna Matata! Digital ain’t no passing craze
ShrayG
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 4:12 pm
Do the magical storytellers have a happily ever after waiting for them?
You’ll Be Lost Without it: The Rise, Fall and Rise of Garmin
Jordan
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 3:30 pm
Garmin invented GPS powered navigation in 1989, however, the introduction of the smart phone allowed competitors to offer better nav products for cheaper. Can Garmin find a way to survive in this new world?
The Battle of the Books: Should Barnes & Noble Concede?
ss
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 3:27 pm
Paper books have long been battling the rising surge of e-books. Brick-and-mortar bookstores are rapidly declining: Borders bookstores filed for bankruptcy in 2011, leaving Barnes & Noble as the last major bookstore chain standing.[1] Barnes & Noble is not just [...]
Digitization threatens the insurance business
Anton
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:45 pm
THERE are more web-connected devices than people in the world. Yet while consumers and surgeons generally may welcome such developments, they pose an existential threat to some insurers. How might data-gathering devices spell doom for parts of the insurance business?
An MBA for $22,000 from your bedroom?
AS
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 4:21 pm
Fully accredited, purely online, MBA from The University of Illinois – $22,000
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?
The Limits of FinTech Disruption
wb2016
Last modified on November 16, 2016 at 6:04 pm
Anyone can make a loan… the hard part is getting paid back. OneMain is exploring the intersection of technology with consumer finance
The Arizona Cardinals Competitive Advantage: Virtual Reality
GB
Posted on November 15, 2016 at 5:30 pm
Carson Palmer and the Arizona Cardinals' competitive advantage: virtual reality... How this technology can allow NFL owners to have their cake (win games) and eat it too (maximize profits)
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.”
Alipay: Wining the Payments Game in China
KZ.
Last modified on November 19, 2016 at 9:28 am
12 years into business, Alipay has grown into the world's most valuable fintech services provider and the unquestionable leader of China’s online payment market. In 2014, Alipay processed 140 million transactions per day, while the banking system in China handled [...]
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