Business Models

Using AI to create humanlike computers is a shortsighted goal.

Can AI-enabled automation replace your company’s entire labor force?

This MIT SMR executive guide introduces business leaders to the technologies that are reshaping our world.

Legacy offline stores and online retailers are each finding their way to a new kind of shopping experience: the showroom.

New technology-driven business models are undercutting the traditional advantages of economies of scale.

Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann discuss the five questions for incorporating AR into your own strategy and implementation plans.

A major economic shift is happening — from the experience economy to the coherence economy.

Manufacturers may be able to charge higher prices to customers planning to rent out big-ticket items.

Many successful companies today leverage business model scalability to achieve profitable growth.

Business models that use platform network effects for competitive advantage risk may not be viable.

Innovative strategies depend more on novel, well-reasoned theories than on well-crunched numbers.

Companies need to reinvent themselves as destinations for their customers.

Trust in its brand (and its reach) positions Amazon to expand into financial services.

The transportation industry faces fundamental disruption as vehicle ownership yields to on-demand mobility.

Developing new capabilities is the key to platform innovation that adds value to an organization.

Digitization alone doesn’t make your company “digital” — but these five guiding principles can help.

Why Airbnb will always be a better business than Uber.

Platforms are rapidly becoming an essential part of doing business.

Business model diversification requires careful assessments of each model’s strategic contributions.

Silicon Valley success is based on four core business principles and a willingness to stay flexible.