Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2018

” But if you are the Ford Motor Company and face the prospect of investing billions in new technology while your century-old business model is overturned, you might first have a few questions. Develop a portfolio of new business models. Any new venture or business model is risky.

Business Model 8

Business Model Transportation ROI Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2015

In the years ahead, Alphabet could dramatically influence business models in many industries. This new entity could bring together human talent, technology scale, and long-horizon venture and investment approaches to construct business models that could pose a formidable challenge to those designed and perfected in the industrial age.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Kleiner Business Model Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

And what can Grab teach us about the future of platform businesses? To venture capitalists and the financial market, no business model is more attractive than a platform. Transportation, aviation, health care, and energy all require physical delivery, whereas media, music, and advertisement do not.

Transportation 9

Transportation Health Care Venture Capitalist Advertising 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

For companies, smart cities represent major business opportunities — and not only for tech firms selling systems to government agencies. Technology is reconfiguring traditional roles and divisions of labor. In other cases, smart city projects present opportunities to generate advertising revenue and branding.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

Earlier this week, the space-transport start-up SpaceX had its most successful launch test yet with Grasshopper, the first fully and rapidly reusable rocket. The complexity of the Shuttle and its reliance on 1970''s technology drove costs up. SpaceX developed a plan for sustaining the lower-cost business model over many years.

Cost 8

Cost Innovation Long-term Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

Incumbents in these industries often own established brands, proprietary technology, and control of distribution channels. Meanwhile, increasing numbers of incumbents are being compelled to adopt these technologies to stay competitive, even as cost and productivity pressures become acute. Others are exploring subscription models.

Industry 8

Industry Fixed Assets Retail Market Penetration 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2016

One specific manifestation of the interest in platforms has to do with the notion that, as a business model, they represent a silver bullet for all the time and treasure that globalization takes. While technology has greatly expanded the potential for global connectivity, policies matter too and can override it.

Network Economy 8

Network Economy Globalization Discount Constraint 8