Business Models
Modern Business Models Will Drive the Post-Pandemic World
Companies and leaders must strive to build business models using three key components for growth.
Platforms
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Developing Strategy
12 Essential Strategy Insights
We’ve collected 12 popular strategy articles to help leaders facing new challenges sharpen their strategic thinking.
Innovation Strategy
Our Guide to the Summer 2020 Issue
MIT SMR summer 2020 highlights leadership and innovation strategies, employee morale, and data sharing.
Business Models
How Legacy Businesses Can Compete in the Sharing Economy
How to harness sensor data to generate new value and revenue for traditional products and services.
Technology Implementation
The Best of This Week
The challenges of platform companies, bringing your data to life, and the science of Sunday scaries.
Platforms & Ecosystems
The Future of Platforms
The first trillion-dollar companies are platform-based. Challenges and opportunities lie ahead.
Technology Implementation
Unleashing the Power of Blockchain in the Enterprise
If companies want to compete with blockchain, they must first cooperate to develop standards.
Business Models
Three Lessons From Germany’s Platform Economy
Platform markets are suddenly all the rage with B2B companies. And for good reason.
Developing Strategy
How Business Ecosystems Rise (and Often Fall)
Why do some business ecosystems dominate their markets over time while others fail?
Business Models
How Digital Platforms Have Become Double-Edged Swords
The authors of The Business of Platforms outline the myths and pitfalls of platform strategy.
Collaboration
Unleashing Innovation With Collaboration Platforms
Effective leadership of virtual teams matters more than which collaboration platform you choose.
Developing Strategy
The Myths and Realities of Business Ecosystems
Before determining an ecosystem strategy, organizations must first shift to a new perspective and way of thinking.
Developing Strategy
Beyond a ‘Winner-Takes-All’ Strategy for Platforms
Three questions can help inform how network interactions drive value for platform companies.
Digital Marketing
Trapped in the Data-Sharing Dilemma
Are the benefits of data sharing with platforms worth the long-term price?
Platforms & Ecosystems
How Platform Strategies Continue to Create Value
Five key principles explain how to use platforms to create value in the digital economy.
Business Models
Will Self-Driving Technology Be Uber’s Make or Break?
The MIT SMR Strategy Forum examines how self-driving cars will affect Uber’s on-demand transportation success.
Business Models
Blockchain Is Changing How Media and Entertainment Companies Compete
Blockchain is poised to help media and entertainment companies rethink their business models and monetize value.
Crisis Management
Platforms That Grow Are More Than Matchmakers
For platform businesses, matchmaking isn’t everything. They’re also risk minimizers for buyers and sellers.
Customers
Putting Customer Experience at the Center of Digital Transformation
Digital growth often comes at the expense of customer experience, but a new approach offers a win-win.