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)

When the Referee Isn’t The Only Zebra On the Field
hakunamatata
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 7:36 pm
From the very naming of its business, it would appear the Lincolnshire, Illinois based firm Zebra Technologies has a way of visualizing the product it delivers. Specifically, when it was founded in 1969, Zebra focused on implementing barcode and UPC [...]
Changing paradigm of competition: Advent of Direct Banking in Korean Banking Industry
CP
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 7:08 pm
At 2011, Korea Development Bank, KDB, introduced new checking and savings product named KDBdirect. With high interest rate and convenience of visiting service, KDBdirect grew sharply and began to threaten major commercial banks in Korea.
WWF: Can Digitization Help Conservation?
Amanda
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 3:34 pm
With extinction rates at 100x – 1,000x over historical magnitudes, pressing challenges of climate change, and an ever-growing footprint of mankind, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has its work cut out for it. With digitization creating new opportunities for many [...]
Digitization in Video Games: Taking Advantage of Gamers
ADW
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 3:58 pm
No Man's Sky release shows the potential pitfalls associated with digitization of game publishing and content distribution.
If You’re Not First, You’re Last: Amazon’s Never-ending Innovation
CK
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 11:32 pm
Amazon is not afraid to make moon shot investments. What's next?
Uptake: A new type of mining
Michael
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 9:42 pm
Reaching over a $1 billion valuation in less than two years, Uptake is utilizing advanced data analytics and machine learning to help bring industrial clients into the modern age.
Junk You Don’t Want Anymore…… Now Online!
kfh
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 2:47 pm
Let’s imagine that to kick off the 21st century you are moving……. 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? [...]
Sport retailer knows how to swing the racquet
Artatak
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:48 pm
RFID is not a new but its widespread use is. Decathlon shows how a retailer can integrate vertically into technology driving efficiency for all stakeholders.
Distrupting Your High
TBD
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 2:46 pm
In 2009, a young entrepreneur named Ross Ulbricht took on the toughest industry around and succeeded, creating a company with $1.2 billion in yearly sales. Since then, Ross has been forcibly retired and lives in Manhattan where he will spend [...]
Government Innovation: Not an Oxymoron?
Amous Non
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:37 pm
How this 200 year-old bureaucracy is embracing technology.
Good Guys Protecting the Internet, From Pornhub To The Pentagon
Brittany Yoon
Last modified on August 7, 2020 at 12:06 pm
Cybersecurity should be on everyone's mind in this day and age, but it's very difficult to implement. Bug bounty programs mobilize the good guys of the internet to help companies protect themselves before the bad guys can hurt them. HackerOne [...]
Lending Club: Can technology fundamentally disrupt how we invest and borrow?
Janick
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 12:57 am
Banking has been around for 700+ years, and is the third most profitable sector in the economy. Financial intermediaries usually rely heavily on physical assesses and people. Is there a leaner way to do this? Lending Club says yes. The [...]
Peloton: Digitalizing Spinning
Catherine Xu
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 2:07 pm
Peloton has revolutionized the cycling studio experience, putting significant competitive pressure on trendy powerhouses like SoulCycle
Delta’s Baggage Claim Digital Transformation
ASP
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 3:54 pm
You are traveling between points and A and B; here's how Delta prevents your bag from stopping over in C
Tractors & Technology: John Deere’s Self-Driving Tractors
pmcmann
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 2:03 pm
Autonomous technology and enhanced data integration are changing the way agricultural equipment manufacturers are addressing farmers needs.
Online-to-Offline (O2O) and the Future of e-Commerce
Sarah_Yu
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:54 pm
Imagine a day in your life: You started the day off reading some in-app news before you got off bed, you liked an article on trends in pet grooming business, it reminds you of your dirty corgi that needs a shower. You booked an [...]
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.
Netflix and Chillin’ in the Mile High Club
MLW
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 3:05 pm
Netflix has long resisted offering content for offline viewing, despite being widely requested by consumers. With Amazon's recent entry into the streaming subscription model, and most recently offering downloadable content, Prime Video has finally given customers what they have asked [...]
‘Uber-ization’ of the insurance industry: Aviva embracing digital innovation to increase customer engagement and fend off digital disruptors
Ryan An
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 1:41 pm
Insurance industry has been slow to promote digital innovation, but the changing customer expectations and growing importance of digital channels are pushing all players to step up digital investments and offer customer-centric products and services.
Epic and the Health Records Business
Robbie Koffie
Last modified on November 16, 2016 at 8:11 pm
Digital transformation allowed Epic Systems to design an electronic health records (EHR) software for healthcare professionals to efficiently record and share patient information. As the company continues to grow, issues with information overload, cyber-security, and government regulation challenges its business [...]
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 “You have a flight to New York JFK at 6.00pm. Traffic is light: leave now to [...]
Grow through Acquisition or Organically? A Government Services Contractor Enters Tech
Dan Routh
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:48 pm
It’s a frequent dilemma in corporate strategy.  A company knows it wants to expand to a new business area – but how? Should the company look to make an acquisition to enter the space?  Or would it be better to [...]
Furnish your future apartment or home through the power of Artificial Intelligence
paulyarabe
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 7:11 pm
By the end of this post, you will understand how AI can help you furnish your future apartment or home!
A Match Made in the Market: Using Tech to Improve College Graduate Hiring
Marcela
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 6:00 pm
What if your dream job out of college was 300 miles away at a company that never recruited at your campus? Garrett Lord had the same problem. In 2013, he founded Handshake – a startup focused on empowering the intermediary, [...]
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