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听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鈥�800 words, and must conclude with a word count such听as 鈥�(778 words).鈥�听Posts should not exceed 800 words.

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Disney 鈥� Hakuna Matata! Digital ain鈥檛 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?
A Digital Wall Street Revolution: How FinTech is Transforming Morgan Stanley Post-Crisis
sphilips
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 4:31 pm
The investment banking model is all but broken. Only technology will save the day.
Wearables at Work: Is the rise of 鈥減eople analytics鈥� software innovative or intrusive?
eahern
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 6:09 pm
Humanyze is a smart employee badge that helps companies analyze employee interactions to increase operational efficiency. This blog post analyzes the tradeoffs between workers' privacy and gathering data that could improve team outcomes.
Junk You Don鈥檛 Want Anymore鈥︹�� Now Online!
kfh
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 2:47 pm
Let鈥檚 imagine that to kick off the 21st century you are moving鈥︹��. into a new swanky apartment. The question is what do you do with the 3000lb piano that your parents insisted you took when you moved away from home? [...]
The Democratization of Education
Anonymous
Posted on November 16, 2016 at 2:42 pm
The digital transformation of education is altering the traditional model to make education more accessible to the world.
Your Toaster Has Been Hacked
JJR
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 3:48 pm
Who will save the Internet of Things from the evil toaster bot-net?
Have You Driven a Ford Lately?
TOM
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 2:19 am
Ford confronts the digital transformation of the automotive industry.
Slideware to software ventures: A new kind of consulting firm
Vincent Vo
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 2:54 pm
Consulting and corporate partners gear up to battle Silicon Valley startups for digital supremacy
L鈥橭real: Transforming beauty with technology
Nicole Eckfeldt
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 2:53 am
L'Oreal integrates digital into the heart of its business model to reinforce its edge in the beauty market.
鈥淒igital Refugee鈥�: 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鈥� migration patterns and quality of life?
We know you looked at that ugly sweater: Euclid Analytics, in-store tracking and the narrowing of the online-offline gap
Sam Paglia
Posted on November 15, 2016 at 9:03 pm
Your smartphone's WiFi is being used to track you
Starbucks: Grinding Beans and Data
BCA
Posted on November 16, 2016 at 8:31 pm
Starbucks uses data to "know" their customer; helping them decide what products to make, what promotions to do, and where to place their stores
SimpliSafe- Home Security Solutions in a Digital World
AJ
Posted on November 15, 2016 at 11:52 pm
The digital transformation gave rise to SimpliSafe, a startup in the home security space targeting renters. As has happened to many Internet of Things companies, the very technology that gave birth to SimpliSafe is now threatening its existence.
The Ever Expanding Reach of Blockchain
HBS2018
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 7:10 pm
A quick look at blockchain and the limitless opportunities it presents
There ain鈥檛 no such thing as free Internet
Siddharth Jhawar
Last modified on November 20, 2016 at 10:51 am
Why was Facebook鈥檚 attempt to provide free internet and transform its biggest potential market a failure? Was it regressive to oppose this initiative? As Zuckerberg asked, 鈥淲ho could possibly be against this?鈥� Or was there more than met the eye?
A Way for All Consultants to Stay Healthy on the Road
Lindsey
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 1:57 am
Healthy living and workouts now available at your fingertips when you are home, traveling, or even at work.
Daryl Morey and The Houston Rockets: Building and Deploying Human Capital Through Digital Analysis
RobD
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:59 pm
Information with real power comes in a variety of forms: both in the stereotypical form of databases and spreadsheets and analysts and predictive models, but also in the form of expertise and experience acquired only via a lifetime of playing [...]
HBS grad reinvents Uber, 鈥業ndonesia-style鈥�
Pete
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 1:23 am
How does ride-sharing survive in the world鈥檚 worst traffic? On two wheels!
Oh Deere! Plowing Ahead Into the Future
Kalumet
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 4:05 pm
What if your tractor was a transformer?
London City Airport: Please arrive (at most) 20 min prior to departure
Juan
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 7:29 pm
What if we tell you that you could be sitting in a meeting at 5.20pm, reach for your phone as an alert pops up 鈥淵ou have a flight to New York JFK at 6.00pm. Traffic is light: leave now to [...]
How Beijing Utilizes Big Data & IoT Manage Air Pollution
Clement
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 9:03 pm
Digital tools are transforming how companies are achieving operational excellence, while they are also changing the way how government in China is solving the daunting environmental and sustainability challenges.
It Takes More Than Coins to Change Consumer Behavior
Lane
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 11:59 pm
Coin fails in its attempt to change consumer payment behavior
Hi. Meet Alexa.
Roanna
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 3:51 pm
Meet Alexa, the voice service behind Amazon's latest Internet of Things product, the Echo. Think smart speaker / personal assistant.
Ready鈥im鈥PRAY!!!: How Blue River Technology is turning Free Spraying Techniques into Agricultural Surgery
Steve Osipow
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:31 pm
In the search for an answer to the question of how we will feed a growing population, Blue River Technology has created a robot that kills plants and weeds so that others may flourish while protecting the planet in the [...]
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