How do you develop business in a world certain to be dominated by Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, and the Economy of Things?This book brings together leading scholars from academia, established practitioners, and thought-leading consultants who analyse and provide guidance to answer this question.
Case studies, checklists, success factors, help readers get a grip on this fast-paced development. At the same time, the authors do not shy away from addressing the hurdles and barriers to implementation.
This book provides an essential food-for-thought for leaders and managers, both visionary and pragmatic, who are faced with the responsibility of steering their business through these challenging, yet exciting, times.

Part I: Exploring the Networked Economy

Connected Business: Creating Value in the Networked Economy
Platform Economy: Converging IoT Platforms and Ecosystems
Ecosystems: Unlocking the Potentials of Innovation Beyond Borders
Digital Health Interventions
Mobility: From Autonomous Driving Towards Mobility-as-a-Service
Industry 4.0: Navigating Pathways Toward Smart Manufacturing and Services
Decentralized Platform Ecosystems for Data and Digital Trust in Industrial Environments
Sustainable AIoT: How Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things Affect Profit, People, and Planet
Part II: Management Strategies for Connected Business
Digital Transformer's Dilemma: Innovate Twice to Survive
Experimenting: What Makes a Good Business Experiment?
Driving Connected Business Initiatives: Do's and Dont's
AI for Decision-Making in Connected Business
Cybersecurity: Balancing Efficiency with Long-Term Resilience in Connected Ecosystems
Patent Strategies in the Networked Economy
Part III: Case Studies on Connected Business
Bosch IoT Suite: Exploiting the Potential of Smart Connected Products
GF Machining Solutions: Real-Time Manufacturing Process in a Cloud Environment
Linde: Business Value with Connected Cylinders in Hospitals
ABB: Creating Value with Open Smart Home Automation Systems
Covestro: Digital Technical Services as New Business Model for the Polymer Processing Industry
BASF: Precision Farming with Lark Bread Initiative
AgriCircle: Innovating Agricultural Ecosystems
AGL Energy: Moving to the Connected and Orchestrated Customers
EnBW SMIGHT: Addressing the Energy and Mobility Transition as Electricity Grid Operator
Siemens: UK's First Fully Converted Electric Avenue "W9"
Groupon: Managing a Rapidly Growing Platform with Scale-Up Metrics
Marquard Media: 4Player's Learning DNA to Survive Disruptions
Vontobel: Rethinking Wealth Management
Cambridge Analytica: Magical Rise, Disastrous Fall.