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Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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What are the course deliverables?
  • What you'll learn
  • How to assess an organization's digital transformation readiness by analyzing trends, evaluating competitors, and examining unique capabilities.
  • How to identify an organization’s position in the competitive lifecycle and anticipate future industry trends to inform strategic decisions.
  • How to envision an organization’s desired digital position while ensuring alignment with market trends and organizational strengths.
  • How to generate value-creating offerings, develop the necessary capabilities to execute their digital strategy, and secure sustained value.
More about this course
  • Develop your ability to design and implement strategies that will help your company prosper in the digital age
  • In this course, developed by the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, Professor Mike Lenox will help you understand the critical function of strategic thinking in the digital age, the role of data and analytics in creating value, the challenge of establishing a dominant platform, the impact of digital technologies on competition, and the importance of appropriating value from innovation

Digital Business Strategy
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Curriculum

Rise of the Digital Age

Rise of the Digital Age

Exponential Growth of Three Core Strategies

The Primacy of Data

The Power of Aggregation

The Complementarity Between Prediction and Judgment

The Eternal Challenge of the Strategist

Framework - Setting a Baseline

Course Overview & Requirements

Framework - Setting a Baseline

Rise of the Digital Age

Get to Know Your Classmates

Platforms in the Digital Age

Platforms in the Digital Age

The Criticality of Network Externalities

The Importance of Enabling Technologies

The Rise of Winner Take All Markets

The Quest for Platform Dominance

The Quest for Platform Dominance - IBM vs Apple

The Dynamics of Competitive Lifecycles

Framework - Analyzing the Digital Environment

Framework - Analyzing the Digital Environment

Platforms in the Digital Age

Competing in the Digital Age

Competing in the Digital Age

The Deconstruction of the Value Chain

The New Forms of Value Creation

The Emergence of Novel Business Models

The Evolution in Competitive Positions

The Search for Valuable Positions

Framework - Formulating a Digital Position

Framework - Formulating a Digital Position

Competing in the Digital Age

Appropriating in the Digital Age

Appropriating in the Digital Age

The Folly of Competing on Technology

The Changing Role of Intellectual Property

The Importance of Complementary Assets

The Innovation Imperative

The Return of the Strategist's Challenge

Framework - Specifying How to Capture Value

Framework - Specifying How to Capture Value

Appropriating in the Digital Age

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    Important Dates

    May 25, 2024
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