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Blockchain Could Make the Insurance Industry Much More Transparent

Harvard Business Review

Thus a trust and efficiency engine like blockchain technology has the potential to drive radical change in the insurance industry while improving transparency and outcomes across the entire value chain. Rather, they can become early adopters of the technology. Sponsored by DXC Technology. Crossing the Digital Divide.

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6 Reasons Platforms Fail

Harvard Business Review

For years Apple’s market penetration hung in the single digits. But by early 2015 they stopped accepting new submissions to their open market and discontinued their API support for external developers. Yet, for all its technological prowess Sony focused too much on products and not enough on creating platforms.