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)

From Iditarod to the ICU: Transforming Critical Care in Alaska
Brian J. Franklin
Posted on November 15, 2016 at 6:40 pm
In Alaska, medication was once delivered across vast distances by dogsled. Now, digital health technologies are reshaping how critically ill patients receive care in America’s last frontier.
F-35 – Fighter Jet Maintenance in The Age of Data
ASimon
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 3:16 pm
Jet maintenance and logistics have been a huge challenge for decades. How will maintenance change as a result of new technology?
MOOCs: A Tsunami that never came?
AR
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:57 pm
MOOCs started with a bang...But 6 years out, none of the Ivy Leagues have gone bankrupt
The Verdict is still out – Will Square Survive?
mc23
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 1:19 pm
It’s Wednesday 12:10pm and you decide to venture to the food trucks by the parking lot, when a question creeps into your head: Will they accept credit cards? When’s the last time you even had cash? Then you see the [...]
Ebook Wars: Amazon vs Publishers
FFF
Last modified on November 19, 2016 at 3:25 pm
How did the launch of the Kindle change Amazon's relationship with publishing companies, and why did the Kindle succeed where previous e-book readers failed?
Recreating the Harvard Book Store
orianne
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 2:08 pm
The digital onslaught of e-books and Amazon-style e-tailers have put bookstores in an existential predicament. –The Economist, 2013 [1].
Every drop counts
arl612
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 6:03 pm
Dallas start-up offers a platform to unite hospital and blood centers to deliver blood to patients in need.
A “Eureka” Moment for Barrick Gold Corporation
LR
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 5:59 pm
A Golden Idea: Barrick Gold Corporation, the world’s largest gold mining and production company, partners with Cisco to revolutionize a century-old mining process through technological innovation.
Netflix & Chill
Fergie Ferg
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 3:38 pm
Companies rarely die from moving too fast, and they frequently die from moving too slowly - Netflix CEO Reed Hastings
Tesco: A digital transformation
CC
Last modified on November 16, 2016 at 3:55 pm
Tesco is the leading grocer in the UK, accounting for 25% of all grocery sales offline and 43% of all grocery sales online [1]. In the last 15 years, Tesco has digitally transformed their customer experience, business model and operating [...]
Thrown from the nest: Nest Lab’s Challenges and Opportunities
Stephen
Last modified on November 19, 2016 at 9:18 am
After it’s blockbuster $3.2BN acquisition by Google in January 2014, Nest Labs has struggled to meet its hardware revenue targets, but is there a bigger opportunity in the company’s data- enabled business model?
Wechat – Cleaning up your mobile screen
Haibo Zhao
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 3:27 pm
If you get Wechat, you get 50% of modern Chinese digital life.
The Profit…is Out There
Art Vandilay
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 2:40 pm
Progress in digital imaging and satellite technologies will enable a new era of resource-tracking and resource management. How will environmentalists, governments, and investors capitalize on this new technology?
The Digitization of Microfinance: bKash in Bangladesh
mkful
Posted on November 13, 2016 at 3:51 pm
Nearly half of the World's population lives on less than $2 a day with limited or no access to formal financial services. Microfinance is crucial to getting credit into the hands of those most in need. How are microfinance providers [...]
Robotic surgery: revolution or gimmick?
Ahmad AlGhamdi
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:22 pm
Robotic technology has been used in surgeries for the last 15 years, is it sustainable?
Will you please Clarifai?
Samar
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:56 pm
Can a startup shake up the future of Artificial Intelligence while disrupting the fundamental technology and the future of big tech companies?
When the Success of Digital Transformation is a Matter of Life and Death
Brittany
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 2:34 pm
Whether Cepheid, the first-mover in the point of care diagnostics market, can solve the challenge of connectivity will not only affect the company’s ability to improve patient outcomes but also determine its fate in an increasingly competitive landscape.
Mad Men in the Digital Age
Cyou
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 11:58 pm
As the industry moves toward digitalization at a rapid speed, traditional advertising agencies need to find new ways to add value for their clients or face the risk of being left behind.
The Climate Corporation: Making it rain, game recognize game
JW
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 5:37 pm
Does big data put food on the table? Yes, yes it does. $1B later, The Climate Corp is helping farmers get smarter. Humanities ancient industry gets a IOT revamp in the face of climate uncertainty.
Meet Amy, an AI Enabled Assistant
LW
Posted on November 16, 2016 at 9:36 pm
Meet Amy, an AI Enabled Assistant X.AI, the creator of the personal smart assistant “Amy” is one example of a company that’s built its entire business model on “digitizing” how administrative tasks are carried out and disrupting the role of [...]
“Digital Refugee”: The Impact of Technology on Syrian Migrants and The Smugglers Who Profit
MS_2018
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:55 pm
How is digitization transforming the human smuggling business into Europe? How is it impacting Syrian refugees’ migration patterns and quality of life?
Airbnb – Evolving from Rooms to Experiences, Places and Meet Ups
Anguyen
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:51 pm
Airbnb has changed the way people travel. Instead of booking expensive hotels, travelers can book accommodation from local homeowners directly through the Airbnb platform at an affordable price. In this two-sided marketplace, Airbnb provides revenue generating opportunities for residents and [...]
Stitch Fix Uses Big Data to Personalize Shopping
KatFranklin
Last modified on November 16, 2016 at 5:23 pm
A 2014 OnePoll survey showed that women spend more than 190 hours shopping for clothes and shoes annually.1 What if we could reallocate that time and leave our fashion choices up to an online personal shopping site?  With a team [...]
Fishing for Fish Data: Digitizing Aquaculture
Jina
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 6:02 pm
Hawaii's Kampachi Farms wants to revolutionize fish farming with digital technology.
1 2 3 4 5 … 39