This paper examines the effects of Airbnb on the Norwegian hotel market, using correlational design and the difference-in-differences statistical method. The fi ndings show that hotels in the regions of Norway where Airbnb is fl ourishing have more guests than the regions with less Airbnb activity. In addition, it seems that Airbnb has a positive effect on the hotel market in Norway. However, as the Airbnb expansion continues, and it diversifi es into the 'travel business' and the 'luxury accommodation' segment, it will affect the hotel industry. How the hotel industry will respond to this threat remains to be seen, and will provide an interesting subject for future research.
We are currently going through a transitional period, moving from the service era to the information era, where the major part of the society, is or soon will be, engaged in creating, distributing, using, integrating or manipulating information in one form or the other. In the information era, access to information is as critical to the welfare of the society as electricity is today. And as with electricity where people and businesses moved from make your own to the utility model; they are now moving from having their own computers and datacentres to the utility model of the cloud computing.Cloud computing promises to be the ultimate outsourcing solution to all: from the individual users to small businesses, as well as large enterprises and even governments. Many large corporations are already investing heavily in cloud computing hoping to take advantage of being the first mover (technological leadership, pre-emption of assets, and buyer switching costs).This article discusses the issue of cloud or utility computing as the 5 th utility; arguing that cloud computing (primarily public clouds) should be regulated just like other utilities, lest we face the same problems that we faced in the birth of other utilities (gas, electric, water, telephone, etc).
Digitalisation is seen as a vehicle for restructuring practices of social and health care in Finland. A conceptual model of connected health has evolved over time focusing on bringing together individuals and health professionals by means of 'eHealth', 'telecare', 'telemedicine' or 'telehealth' services and data connected via the Internet of Things. Digital transformation has triggered the emergence of innovative connected health services, as well as novel business models in the health and healthcare sector. Additionally, current literature emphasises growing importance of ecosystems in advancing the connected health business. The main reason for this, the increased understanding of business ecosystems would allow companies to create coherent services that would be easier for patients and health professionals (e.g. doctors and nurses) to use. This paper aims to develop and present a conceptual model for business ecosystem for connected health by mapping service needs for healthcare in the future. For this research, we conducted 16 meetings/workshops related to business models and business ecosystems. We also involved different end-user groups in our research (seven doctor interviews, four workshops with nurses and digital discussions and workshops with 12 parents with sick children). This qualitative case study illustrates the construct of the Nordic Central Hospital test lab-an innovation ecosystem for connected health service providers. Alongside the broad service map, we demonstrate the logic of value flow between different layers of services in the ecosystem. From an originality perspective, this multidisciplinary paper focuses on the pediatric day surgery to check the scope of connected health, which has not been done before.
From the invention of writing to the steam engine and to computers, human history has been one of technological inventions and change. In our relatively recent past we have witnessed several technological revolutions which rapidly replaced one set of technologies by another, and in the process created what Schumpeter called the creative destruction. Today, we are witnessing a technological revolution that is changing the way we live, work, and communicate. We call this the digital revolution which brings with it new technologies, methods, and business models. This chapter discusses the digital revolution and the platform business model. This business model is used by many “sharing economy” businesses such as Airbnb and Uber. The success of this business model is dependent on the rapid expansion of its user-base. This business model requires infrastructure and applications that can cope with this rapid expansion. Cloud computing has been providing these services.
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