New evidence for the power of digital platforms

Jacques Bughin    Nicolas van Zeebroeck   

Incumbents should go on the attack with their own online exchanges. Digital attackers in most industries can severely drain the profits and revenues of incumbent players, as we have shown in recent research. Companies under pressure, though, can limit the damage if they adopt an offensive corporate strategy, one that involves willingly cannibalizing existing businesses and reallocating resources aggressively to new digital models.

Published in 2017

Publisher: McKinsey

http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/digital-mckinsey/our-insights/new-evidence-for-the-power-of-digital-platforms

Date added: 09/03/2017

Digitalization