MIS 5402 – Prof. Min-Seok Pang

Session #2-2 – IT-Driven Competitive Strategies – 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?