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How Connections, Sensors, and Data Are Revolutionizing Business (Spanish version)
Iansiti, Marco; Lakhani, Karim R.Article HBS-R1411DInformation TechnologiesAdding digital sensors to its machines, connecting them to a common, cloud-based software platform, investing in software development capabilities, building advanced analytics capabilities, and embracing crowd-based product development. With all this, GE is evolving its business model. Now, for example, revenue from its jet engines is tied to reduced downtime and miles flown over the course of a year. After just three years, GE is generating mor...Starting at €8.20
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The Truth About Blockchain (Spanish version)
Iansiti, Marco; Lakhani, Karim R.Article HBS-R1701JInformation TechnologiesContracts, transactions, and records of them provide critical structure in our economic system, but they haven't kept up with the world's digital transformation. They're like rush-hour gridlock trapping a Formula 1 race car. Blockchain promises to solve this problem. The technology behind bitcoin, blockchain is an open, distributed ledger that records transactions safely, permanently, and very efficiently. For instance, while the transfer of a ...Starting at €8.20
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Digital Ubiquity: How Connections, Sensors, and Data Are Revolutionizing Business
Iansiti, Marco; Lakhani, Karim R.Article HBS-R1411D-EInformation TechnologiesWhen Google bought Nest, a digital thermostat and smoke detector company, for $3.2 billion just a few months ago, it was a clear indication that digital transformation and connection are reaching critical mass, spreading across even the most traditional industrial segments and creating a staggering array of business opportunities and threats. The digitization of tasks and processes has become essential to competition. General Electric, for exampl...Starting at €8.20
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The Truth About Blockchain
Iansiti, Marco; Lakhani, Karim R.Article HBS-R1701J-EInformation TechnologiesContracts, transactions, and records of them provide critical structure in our economic system, but they haven't kept up with the world's digital transformation. They're like rush-hour gridlock trapping a Formula 1 race car. Blockchain promises to solve this problem. The technology behind bitcoin, blockchain is an open, distributed ledger that records transactions safely, permanently, and very efficiently. For instance, while the transfer of a ...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Our Hub Economy
Iansiti, Marco; Lakhani, Karim R.Article HBS-R1705F-EInformation TechnologiesA small number of digital superpowers--Alibaba, Amazon, Microsoft, and others--have become "hub firms" because they control access to billions of mobile customers coveted by all kinds of product and service providers. These hubs drive increasing returns to scale and claim a disproportionate share of the value being created in the global economy. The authors argue that the hub economy will continue to spread across more industries, concentrating m...Starting at €8.20
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Competing in the Age of AI
Iansiti, Marco; Lakhani, Karim R.Article HBS-R2001C-EInformation TechnologiesToday markets are being reshaped by a new kind of firm--one in which artificial intelligence runs the show. This cohort includes giants like Google, Facebook, and Alibaba, and growing businesses such as Wayfair and Ocado. Every time we use their services,Starting at €8.20
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Strategy as Ecology (Spanish version)
Iansiti, Marco; Levien, RoyArticle HBS-R0403EStrategyMicrosoft's and Wal-Mart's preeminence in modern business has been attributed to any number of factors--from the vision and drive of their founders to the companies' aggressive competitive practices. But the authors maintain that a bigger factor of their success is the success of the networks of companies with which Microsoft and Wal-Mart do business. Most companies today inhabit ecosystems--loose networks of suppliers, distributors, and outsourc...Starting at €8.20
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Why Some Platforms Thrive and Others Don't
Zhu, Feng; Iansiti, MarcoArticle HBS-R1901J-EStrategyIn the digital economy, scale is no guarantee of continued success. After all, the same factors that help an online platform expand quickly--such as the low cost of adding new customers--work for challengers too. What, then, allows platforms to fight off rivals and grow profits? Their ability to manage five aspects of the networks they're embedded in: (1) Network effects, in which users attract more users; (2) Clustering, or fragmentation into ma...Starting at €8.20