New Technology Innovations, Rise of Start-Ups and Design of Competitive Business Models

Abstract

Business models are a current hot topic, and their design has become a key to achieving high performance of the companies big or small. New Technologies: Mobile Internet, IOT, Social media, Cloud, Algorithmic Governance, Driverless cars, etc are changing the industry structure and forcing re-examination of the business development strategies. Indeed, wealth and employment creation are moving from asset builders to service providers to start-ups. The recent game changing disruptive innovations leading to the rise of unicorn start-ups is threatening the incumbents including Fortune 500 companies.