Session #5 – IT-Driven Competitive Strategies
Class Slides and Video – Session #5
Session 5 – IT-Driven Strategies.pdf
Department Stores Are in a Death Spiral – TIME (http://time.com/money/4623760/department-stores-struggle-macys-kohls-sears-amazon/)
Identifying the Long Tail by Chris Anderson – FORA.tv (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yku0GTrcuw)
Mad Money Features Betterment – CNBC (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG9vgiYekiA)
Class Recordings – April 18
Reading Brief Qs for Session #5 – Airbnb (A)
- What happened to EJ?
- Why is an online reputation system needed?
- What is Airbnb’s plan to facilitate safe transactions?
Session #5 – In-Class Discussion Questions
- What bottleneck do Amazon.com and Netflix eliminate?
- What is a Long Tail?
- Why could Betterment and Wealthfront be disruptive?
- Why are Uber and Airbnb disruptive?
- What are the examples of one-sided network effects?
- What are the examples of two-sided network effects?
- Why do men pay more at a night club than women?
- What happend to EJ? How serious is this incident to Airbnb?
- What are the examples of online reputation systems in other platforms?
- What are the policies in Uber to manage the pool of drivers?
- Should Airbnb actually find out hosts who racially discriminate and ban them from participating the platform?