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By Knowledge @Wharton on ParisTech Review

Lorsqu'apparaissent des technologies de rupture, certaines entreprises sont totalement prises au dépourvu. D'autres sentent le vent tourner et s'adaptent avec le temps. Et il y a celles qui, comme Kodak, ont vu venir et n'ont pas su réagir. La faillite de la firme de Rochester marque la fin d'une série de faux-pas, sous-tendus par la peur d'introduire des innovations qui perturberaient son activité la plus rentable: la pellicule argentique.
When new technologies change the world, some companies are caught off-guard. Others see change coming and are able to adapt in time. And then there are companies like Kodak – which saw the future and simply couldn't figure out what to do. Kodak's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on January 19 culminates a long series of missteps, including a fear of introducing new technologies that would disrupt its highly profitable film business.
Dans le secteur de la téléphonie mobile et des services en ligne, les nouveaux entrants cassent souvent les prix pour prendre pied sur un marché. Il ne s'agit pas simplement de pratiques commerciales agressives, mais de modèles d'affaires audacieux, situant la valeur à la fois dans un pari sur la durée et dans l'espoir d'élargir la gamme des services vendus. A la clé, une formule d'espérance mathématique: la valeur actualisée du client.
Companies like Amazon or Sprint are banking on customer lifetime value (CLV), a marketing formula based on the idea of spending money up front to gain customers whose loyalty will reap rewards over the long term. As many companies turn to subscription-based business models, CLV will become a larger issue.
La diffusion de modèles issus du monde des jeux va-t-elle changer notre façon de travailler? Kevin Werbach, professeur d'éthique des affaires à Wharton School, en discute avec Rajat Paharia, fondateur de Bunchball, une entreprise high-tech qui apporte aux entreprises des solutions de ludification, et Daniel Debow, co-fondateur de Rypple, une société de management de la performance sociale.
What exactly is gamification, what is it not, and how will it be changing the way we do business in the next few years? Wharton's professor of legal studies and business ethics Kevin Werbach talks with Rajat Paharia, founder of Bunchball, a tech company that enables businesses to implement gamification, and Daniel Debow, co-founder of Rypple, a social performance management company.
The gap between the demands of markets and the ability of firms to meet those demands is costing firms profitability now and competitiveness in the future. Wharton School professor George S. Day and colleague David Reibstein talk about the growing flood of data, knowledge sharing technology, the socially networked and ever demanding consumer, and how some companies are successfully building their customer base.
Entre la demande des consommateurs et la capacité des entreprises à y répondre, la distance s'accroît. Non seulement les marchés se fragmentent, mais les spécialistes du marketing ont de plus en plus de mal à utiliser les énormes masses de données mises à leur disposition. Professeurs à l'université de Pennsylvanie, George Day et David Reibstein décryptent cette transformation profonde d'une activité vitale pour les entreprises.

Les revenus du gratuit

Business on October 13th, 2011

Les médias et l'informatique ont pris de plein fouet la vague du gratuit. Google, Amazon ou Apple ont su développer des modèles d'affaires innovants, d'autres n'y sont pas parvenus. Saul Berman, consultant chez IBM, et Jerry Wind, professeur de marketing à Wharton School, reviennent sur quelques questions cruciales: qui paie vraiment les contenus gratuits? A quoi ressembleront les modèles d'affaires de demain?
The phenomenon of free has hit many businesses hard, particularly media businesses, argues Saul J. Berman, Global & Americas Leader for the IBM Strategy & Change Consulting Group. In 'Not for Free: Revenue Strategies for a New World', Berman offers lessons from successful business model innovations as well as from failures. Who pays for free content and why new models are essential for success?
La publication récente par Wikileaks de mémos confidentiels venus du département d'Etat a des implications pour les entreprises et les organisations qui ont des informations sensibles à préserver, si l'on en croit les experts de Wharton et de l'Université de Pennsylvanie.
Julian Assange, the Australian founder of WikiLeaks, the controversial website that has been posting classified government documents, is now being held without bail in the U.K. (since this article has been written, Julian Assange has been released on parole in return for a 283.000 euros bail), awaiting extradition to Sweden for questioning regarding an alleged rape. But sensational news aside, his site's recent release of confidential U.S. State Department cables has implications for businesses and corporations with sensitive information to shield, according to experts at Wharton and the University of Pennsylvania.

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