Blog

Research Briefing: Key Decisions to Create an Attractive Ecosystem

By:

Weill, Sebastian, Woerner; Apr 19, 2018

Source: MIT CISR

The next five years will be critical for large companies to create successful Ecosystem Driver business models, at least for their best customers. MIT CISR research shows that the Ecosystem Driver model is the highest performer of the digital era to date, but it is also challenging to pursue.

In this briefing, we describe seven key decisions around design dimensions that wil

The market size and app richness in the new payments area begs the question, where is this all going? And what should the perfect payment solution of the future look like? In this final part of the blog series I look at issues that should be addressed to fast-forward the way we conduct payments.

1. (Sore) Point of Sale technology
   If merchants are not convinced that new POS solutions will give them an advantage, wider distribution will be hard to achieve. Although some first movers have already starte

On the surface at least, it’s hard to take away positives in the wake of the financial crisis. Yes, it taught us that we have to manage risk better, improve processes and become more transparent. But it’s the regulators globally that seem to have taken these lessons closely to heart.

With some banks still struggling to conform to Basel II requirements, Basel III is being hotly debated. It will force banks to hold more capital, and many argue that this will bring the end of ‘cheap money’. In the U