The Business of Platforms
The Business of Platforms

Author: Michael A. Cusumano

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2019-05-07

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0062896334

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A trio of experts on high-tech business strategy and innovation reveal the principles that have made platform businesses the most valuable firms in the world and the first trillion-dollar companies. Managers and entrepreneurs in the digital era must learn to live in two worlds—the conventional economy and the platform economy. Platforms that operate for business purposes usually exist at the level of an industry or ecosystem, bringing together individuals and organizations so they can innovate and interact in ways not otherwise possible. Platforms create economic value far beyond what we see in conventional companies. The Business of Platforms is an invaluable, in-depth look at platform strategy and digital innovation. Cusumano, Gawer, and Yoffie address how a small number of companies have come to exert extraordinary influence over every dimension of our personal, professional, and political lives. They explain how these new entities differ from the powerful corporations of the past. They also question whether there are limits to the market dominance and expansion of these digital juggernauts. Finally, they discuss the role governments should play in rethinking data privacy laws, antitrust, and other regulations that could reign in abuses from these powerful businesses. Their goal is to help managers and entrepreneurs build platform businesses that can stand the test of time and win their share of battles with both digital and conventional competitors. As experts who have studied and worked with these firms for some thirty years, this book is the most authoritative and timely investigation yet of the powerful economic and technological forces that make platform businesses, from Amazon and Apple to Microsoft, Facebook, and Google—all dominant players in shaping the global economy, the future of work, and the political world we now face.

Designed for Digital
Designed for Digital

Author: Jeanne W. Ross

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2021-09-21

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 0262542765

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One of Forbes's Top Ten Technology Books of the Year How to redesign ‘big, old’ companies for digital success—featuring a survey of 300+ business leaders and 30+ global organizations, including Amazon, Uber, LEGO, Toyota North America, Philips, and USAA. Most established companies have deployed such digital technologies as the cloud, mobile apps, the internet of things, and artificial intelligence. But few established companies are designed for digital. This book offers an essential guide for retooling organizations for digital success through 5 key building blocks: • Shared Customer Insights • Operational Backbone • Digital Platform • Accountability Framework • External Developer Platform In the digital economy, rapid pace of change in technology capabilities and customer desires means that business strategy must be fluid. As a result, business design has become a critical management responsibility. Effective business design enables a company to quickly pivot in response to new competitive threats and opportunities. Most leaders today, however, rely on organizational structure to implement strategy, unaware that structure inhibits, rather than enables, agility. In companies that are designed for digital, people, processes, data, and technology are synchronized to identify and deliver innovative customer solutions—and redefine strategy. Digital design, not strategy, is what separates winners from losers in the digital economy. Designed for Digital offers practical advice on digital transformation, with examples that include Amazon, BNY Mellon, DBS Bank, LEGO, Philips, Schneider Electric, USAA, and many other global organizations. Drawing on 5 years of research and in-depth case studies, the book is an essential guide for companies that want to disrupt rather than be disrupted in the new digital landscape.

Building Digital Experience Platforms
Building Digital Experience Platforms

Author: Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar

Publisher: Apress

Published: 2019-01-31

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 148424303X

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Use digital experience platforms (DXP) to improve your development productivity and release timelines. Leverage the pre-integrated feature sets of DXPs in your organization's digital transformation journey to quickly develop a personalized, secure, and robust enterprise platform. In this book the authors examine various features of DXPs and provide rich insights into building each layer in a digital platform. Proven best practices are presented with examples for designing and building layers. A special focus is provided on security and quality attributes needed for business-critical enterprise applications. The authors cover modern and emerging digital trends such as Blockchain, IoT, containers, chatbots, artificial intelligence, and more. The book is divided into five parts related to requirements/design, development, security, infrastructure, and case study. The authors employ proven real-world methods, best practices, and security and integration techniques derived from their rich experience. An elaborate digital transformation case study for a banking application is included. What You'll Learn Develop a digital experience platform from end to endUnderstand best practices and proven methods for designing overall architecture, user interface and integration components, security, and infrastructureStudy real-world cases, including an elaborate digital transformation building an enterprise platform for a banking applicationKnow the open source tools and technology frameworks that can be used to build DXPs Who This Book Is For Web developers, full stack developers, digital enthusiasts, digital project managers, and architects

Platform Strategy
Platform Strategy

Author: Laure Claire Reillier

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-04-21

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1317085515

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During the last decade, platform businesses such as Uber, Airbnb, Amazon and eBay have been taking over the world. In almost every sector, traditional businesses are under attack from digital disrupters that are effectively harnessing the power of communities. But what exactly is a platform business and why is it different? In Platform Strategy, Laure Claire Reillier and Benoit Reillier provide a practical guide for students, digital entrepreneurs and executives to understand what platforms are, how they work and how you can build one successfully. Using their own "rocket model" and original case studies (including Google, Apple, Amazon), they explain how designing, igniting and scaling a platform business requires learning a whole new set of management rules. Platform Strategy also offers many fascinating insights into the future of platforms, their regulation and governance, as well as how they can be combined with other business models. Benoit Reillier and Laure Claire Reillier are co-founders of Launchworks, a leading advisory firm focused on helping organizations develop and scale innovative business models.

Digital Strategy
Digital Strategy

Author: Alexander Rauser

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781519331243

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Digital Strategy: A Guide to Digital Business Transformation delivers practical solutions for enterprises operating in today's fast-paced business environment. This book is for any businessperson who either wishes to stay relevant amid the rapid pace of technology innovation or wants to be a digital disrupter. If you're in business today, you probably use digital technology to run your day-to-day operations. But if you don't have a digital strategy, you're at risk of losing out to your competitors by either failing to recognize the potential tools available or wasting resources while trying to prepare for digital disruption. This accessible book guides you through the steps of understanding what a digital strategy is; realizing how it can serve your business objectives; creating, implementing, and maintaining your digital strategy; and ultimately discovering how your strategy can help you innovate. Learn to manage your risks and opportunities, outperform the competition, and even shake up your industry with Digital Strategy: A Guide to Digital Business Transformation.

Digital Business Transformation
Digital Business Transformation

Author: Nigel Vaz

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2021-01-05

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1119758688

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Fuel your business' transition into the digital age with this insightful and comprehensive resource Digital Business Transformation: How Established Companies Sustain Competitive Advantage offers readers a framework for digital business transformation. Written by Nigel Vaz, the acclaimed CEO of Publicis Sapient, a global digital business transformation company, Digital Business Transformation delivers practical advice and approachable strategies to help businesses realize their digital potential. Digital Business Transformation provides readers with examples of the challenges faced by global organizations and the strategies they used to overcome them. The book also includes discussions of: How to decide whether to defend, differentiate, or disrupt your organization to meet digital challenges How to deconstruct decision-making throughout all levels of your organization How to combine strategy, product, experience, engineering, and data to produce digital results Perfect for anyone in a leadership position in a modern organization, particularly those who find themselves responsible for transformation-related decisions, Digital Business Transformation delivers a message that begs to be heard by everyone who hopes to help their organization meet the challenges of a changing world.

Measuring the Digital Transformation A Roadmap for the Future
Measuring the Digital Transformation A Roadmap for the Future

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-03-11

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9264311998

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Measuring the Digital Transformation: A Roadmap for the Future provides new insights into the state of the digital transformation by mapping indicators across a range of areas – from education and innovation, to trade and economic and social outcomes – against current digital policy issues, as presented in Going Digital: Shaping Policies, Improving Lives.

Driving Digital Strategy
Driving Digital Strategy

Author: Sunil Gupta

Publisher: Harvard Business Press

Published: 2018-07-24

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1633692698

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Digital transformation is no longer news--it's a necessity. Despite the widespread threat of disruption, many large companies in traditional industries have succeeded at digitizing their businesses in truly transformative ways. The New York Times, formerly a bastion of traditional media, has created a thriving digital product behind a carefully designed paywall. Best Buy has transformed its business in the face of Amazon's threat. John Deere has formed a data-analysis arm to complement its farm-equipment business. And Goldman Sachs and many others are using digital technologies to reimagine their businesses. In Driving Digital Strategy, Harvard Business School professor Sunil Gupta provides an actionable framework for following their lead. For over a decade, Gupta has studied digital transformation at Fortune 500 companies. He knows what works and what doesn't. Merely dabbling in digital or launching a small independent unit, which many companies do, will not bring success. Instead you need to fundamentally change the core of your business and ensure that your digital strategy touches all aspects of your organization: your business model, value chain, customer relationships, and company culture. Gupta covers each aspect in vivid detail while providing navigation tips and best practices along the way. Filled with rich and illuminating case studies of companies at the forefront of digital transformation, Driving Digital Strategy is the comprehensive guide you need to take full advantage of the limitless opportunities the digital age provides.

Digital Transformation Game Plan
Digital Transformation Game Plan

Author: Gary O'Brien

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2019-10-30

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1492054348

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The Digital Age is having a broad and profound impact on companies and entire industries. Rather than simply automate or embed digital technology into existing offerings, your business needs to rethink everything. In this practical book, three ThoughtWorks professionals provide a game plan to help your business through this transformation, along with technical concepts that you need to know to be an effective leader in a modern digital business. Chock-full of practical advice and case studies that show how businesses have transitioned, this book reveals lessons learned in guiding companies through digital transformation. While there’s no silver bullet available, you’ll discover effective ways to create lasting change at your organization. With this book, you’ll discover how to: Realign the business and operating architecture to focus on customer value Build a more responsive and agile organization to deal with speed and ambiguity Build next generation technology capability as a core differentiator