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)

Digital Gainz : The Kayla Itsines Phenomenon
Riley
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 3:59 pm
Kayla Itsines takes over personal fitness with her online workouts.
Comcast combats cord-cutting
Lena
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 3:42 pm
As digital streaming options become more popular, cable companies scramble to prevent customers from "cutting the cord".
Rainforest: Crowdsourcing Quality Assurance
Laure Fischer
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 3:52 pm
Rainforest is seeking to take the pain out of software quality assurance, so businesses can focus on building great products instead of hunting down bugs.
Bharatmatrimony.com: marrying Technology and Matchmaking
PN88
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 12:31 am
"Love comes after the marriage," says Murugavel Janakiraman, the founder and chief executive of one of India's largest matrimonial website companies, BharatMatrimony
Goldman Going for Gold… through Digital.
kz2018
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 12:31 pm
Goldman Sachs: technology company or bank? Can it be both?
Digital Transformation leading to Cancer Care Transformation
Sky
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 9:33 pm
Flatiron health are using a big data approach to improving cancer care
Modernizing the Girl Scouts for the 21st Century
Joy
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Digital technology will underpin the 105-year-old girl empowerment organization’s efforts to make the Girl Scout experience relevant in the 21st century.
ID.me: Innovation in Digital Identity Verification
Sam Hayes
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 7:55 am
ID.me started as TroopSwap with the aim of simplifying the process of extending discounts to active duty service members and veterans. As its founders, two former Army Rangers and members of the HBS Class of 2010, implemented their business model [...]
Data In Schools: Learning From InBloom’s Failures
radhika
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:58 pm
Education is an industry where data analytics has a lot of potential but has been slow to pervade. The amount of data a school district tracks about its students is enormous. This data, while hard to maintain, provides a huge [...]
iRobot’s Roomba: Vacuuming the floor with the competition
J
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:33 pm
The Roomba revolutionized the vacuum cleaner industry. But can it continue to outpace its competitors?
Airbnb: My host wants to be my roommate. What does this mean?
CB
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 1:44 pm
What better way to live like a local than to live with one?
The Dr. Will See You Now…On the Screen
TCG
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 4:25 pm
Despite being over 70 years old, Kaiser Permanente is leading the digital health transformation.
The Solution to Police Brutality: Digitization?
MAW
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 6:00 pm
With a spike in police misconduct cases and public outcry, can digital technology, such as body cameras, help reverse this trend?
Turn In Your Phone, and Tune In to Life
Hans Latta
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 7:40 am
Musicians, comedians and fans are fed up with excessive cellphone use at performances. Yondr, a new start-up, has an innovative product for creating "phone-free zones," and is trying to return authenticity, privacy and exclusivity to venues and artists.
Digitize or Die – How the Nation’s Largest Magazine Publisher is Coping with Digital Transformation
MH
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:42 pm
As consumers are no longer engaged by print magazines, the nation’s largest publisher is being forced to innovate, and innovate quickly.
Keeping up with the Times at the New York Times
RI
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 7:59 am
In 2013 the average human attention span was found to be shorter than that of a goldfish. With an increasing availability of succinct, captivating, free content, consumers are increasingly less willing to pay for physical newspapers and online content. How [...]
Can Technology Transform Education?
e-TOM
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 4:56 am
Schools still adopt the same teaching method since the 19th century [i]. Can AltSchool scale a more efficient and fun learning experience?
Google Education: The Next Gen in Learning
Karla
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 2:12 pm
Google has ventured into the Education realm, making strides in information accessibility and useful applications that enable teachers to transform their classrooms. Think back to your 5th grade classroom experience. You may remember something like: listening to a lesson, regurgitating [...]
Blizzard Entertainment: Burning Legion™ Enters Digital Age
Rexxar
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 7:59 pm
How has digitization changed the business and operating models of one of the most successful video game developers in the world? Augmented reality and virtual reality are the next frontier of digital transformation. Can Blizzard stay relevant?
Airbnb: how the sharing economy is disrupting the travel industry
rams813
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:38 pm
Through its digital platform, Airbnb becomes one of the largest accommodation providers in the world
Efficient Roadways: How the Masspike is speeding up your commute
jcbedi
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 2:51 pm
Since the construction of the first Turnpike, the United States highway system has evolved due to the needs of the people and military, with many of these improvements supported by taxes rather than tolls. Due to the aging highway system [...]
Do Android Phones Dream of Electric Sheep?
NIB
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 2:03 pm
We are tracked and monitored almost every waking moment, so why not when we sleep?
Digital Banking: Cut the Lines and Human Interaction
BHolden
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:12 pm
In an age where startups rise to the top over outdated incumbents, hundred-year-old banks continue to adapt and thrive
Skyworks Solutions: The Technology in Everyone’s IPhone That Will Change the Future
Brad Welch
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 4:28 pm
The entire world as we know it is about to change...
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