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)

HBO NOW – “It’s Not TV…It’s Transforming TV”
lpeterboehm
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 12:48 pm
In 2015, HBO NOW turned the Pay-TV industry on its head, bypassing providers and the traditional ecosystem, to deliver a new type of value to consumers, beyond its industry-leading content - through access, convenience and price.
Automating Technical Hiring
style1991
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 7:25 pm
Automating the technical recruiting industry with a transparent two-way marketplace.
Spoiler Alert: At the End, Technology Defeats Food Waste
Zach
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 2:10 pm
One start-up is rethinking approaches to food management with the goal of ending the extraordinary plague of waste.
Quality Food, Fast – Deliveroo and the On Demand Economy
T.O.M.
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 1:01 pm
High smartphone penetration and cloud based software has enabled Deliveroo to become the Uber of food delivery but are the benefits of this opportunity shared equally amongst all stakeholders?
Feeding 10 Billion People: How John Deere is Farming Data to Help Mankind Farm for Food
PHT
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 4:37 pm
Driving through Iowa on my way to the Harvester Plant at John Deere was my daily ritual for majority of the summer of 2011. For roughly an hour, corn fields would arise left and right. Multiple “Hulks”, the largest Harvester [...]
Ditch Your Pipettes: Transcriptic is the Laboratory of the Future
qwerty
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 3:12 pm
Put down that pipette! Transcriptic is turning the costs structure of biotechnology on its head and making experimental results more reliable by using standardized, coded protocols and automated lab equipment.
Ziosk: Digitalizing the Fast-Casual Restaurant Experience
HC
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 12:35 pm
Digital transformation has created a revolution of change in fast-casual dining and Ziosk is at the heart of it all.  Ziosk has taken advantage of an inherent problem: in a dining sector where speed and efficiency is key, the process [...]
LinkedIn’s Economic Graph – The Digital Home of the Global Workforce
georgiaz
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 4:56 pm
How LinkedIn is embracing digitization beyond its core business model
Will HarperCollins Be Left in the Dust as Consumers Move their Libraries Online?
Majken
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:07 pm
HarperCollins Publishers, a subsidiary of News Corp, is the second largest publisher of consumer books in the world with a print and digital global catalog of more than 200,000 titles1.  Book publishing accounted for approximately 20% of revenues for News [...]
Pearson PLC’s Shift from Traditional Print to Digital
Uther
Last modified on November 19, 2016 at 1:34 pm
Pearson's shift from traditional print to digital learning and the exciting new possibilities it presents to improve access and outcomes in education.
From Paper to Parametric Vectors: Gehry’s Transformation of Architectural Modeling
Ariana
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 4:08 pm
“I learned most building construction wastes a lot of materials and time due to poor planning. Frank has designed special software to assist in his architecture, so he's very efficient.” –Mark Zuckerberg
Disney: Both Embracing Digital and Being Disrupted
KOGR
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Disney is both profiting from the digital revolution and being disrupted. Will the company be able to continue to capitalize on data and combat the challenges it poses?
Wild Technology for Wild Wings – a Restaurant with no Servers?
Alpha
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 1:07 pm
Buffalo Wild Wings leverages digital technology to improve customer interactions
Removing the Person Out of Personalized Care in the Luxury Hospitality Industry
Ranj
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 7:40 am
Hilton Hotels and Resorts is looking to shift value from in-person care to eCare, while still relying on a business model that offers personalized customer service.
The Digital Solution to Overeating
PM
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 3:20 pm
Creating the "digital therapeutics" category
Mobile Payment in Tencent China
Fangfang
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:48 pm
Whoever wins in mobile wins the market for the next decade. This is a generally held belief by internet companies in China. With many potential fights to pick up, mobile payment has become the battleground. Tencent, one of China’s biggest [...]
Rest Devices Inc. – Will They Deliver Nursery 2.0?
ConcernedCitizen
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:45 pm
Rest Devices Inc. is an early stage startup, founded by three former MIT students, that seeks to revolutionize the baby nursery through the Internet of (Baby) Things. Can they transform the baby products industry, steal market share from baby industry [...]
Marks & Spencer: Innovating an old fogey
sc635
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 3:40 pm
Can the 130-year-old retailer continue to give us ‘magic and sparkle’ in an increasingly digital world?
Cocoon: Home security made simple
A Concerned Futurist
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:24 pm
Making your home as safe and snug as a bug in a rug
Are Smarter Meters Smarter Readers? The Evolution of the Meter and the Smart Grid within the United States
JMoreno
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 4:40 am
Itron – a smart meter company – is taking the next step to evolve the Smart Grid into an “Active” grid. Will Itron succeed?
BIXS: Tracking Cattle to Fight Disease
Fris Kerreira
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 3:37 pm
Albertan ranchers think they can contain mad cow disease outbreaks by sharing information throughout the cattle supply chain.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution brings a Century-Old Company into the Era of Digitalization
Parker Sheedy
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 5:59 pm
Honeywell proves that being an American classic doesn't mean getting stuck with yesterday's technology.
Apple: Digital Healthcare Innovation
Christian Jung
Last modified on November 19, 2016 at 8:18 am
How Apple is leading Digital Healthcare initiative to make the world healthier and happier?
The Doctor is In: Remote Surgery in the Digital Age
Carlos Danger
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 2:54 pm
What will it look like when our machine overlords attempt to update our hardware?
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