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AI and the Great Reordering of Professional Services
In this piece published in Management Today , our Lead Advisor Michael G. Jacobides, drawing on a workshop co-sponsored by Evolution Ltd...

Michael G. Jacobides
Aug 9
How Disruptive Will Generative AI Be? A Micro-Level Analysis of Evidence and Expectations.
This study examines executives’ perceptions of Generative AI’s impact on competitive advantage and their expectations of its disruptive...
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Jul 7
How Multi-business Firms Realize Physical and Digital Synergies
We explore the mechanisms underpinning the realization of synergies within multi-business firms. Using unique data from a large GCC...
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Feb 24
A Vehicle Is More Than Its Engine: Why Complements Are the Key to Reaping Value From (Generative) AI
Two years after Generative AI’s inflection moment, enthusiasm remains strong, yet evidence of impact is elusive. The truth is that GenAI...
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Nov 27, 2024
The E-Mobility Ecosystem: Who will win the race for the customer?
This project is the result of a joint effort between PwC Strategy& and Evolution Ltd. This project draws on PwC Strategy&'s deep...
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Nov 24, 2024
How to Reap Value from (Generative) AI: Bypass the Hype, Focus on the Complements.
We believe there is still a great deal of hype and misunderstanding over what AI in general, and GenAI specifically, can and cannot do....
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Nov 24, 2024
How Will AI Impact your Business? From Productivity to Strategic Transformation
AI, especially Generative AI (GenAI), has experienced astonishing uptake due to its usercentric design, surpassing traditional focus on...

Michael G. Jacobides
Jan 17, 2024
Revisiting Disruption: Lessons from Automobile Transformation and Mobility Innovation
Will the ongoing transition from Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles to Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) disrupt the incumbent automaker...
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Jul 28, 2023
2022 Round-up and 2023 Forecast
From Black Swans to Grey Rhinos Last year certainly had its fair share of dramatic news, from the war in Ukraine and rocketing inflation...

Michael G. Jacobides
Jan 13, 2023
A Playbook for Winning the Ecosystem Game
Interconnected value chains, digital platforms, and multi-product ecosystems are all becoming increasingly common, raising the question...
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Dec 20, 2022
How Grab Navigated and Changed the Industry Architecture of Mobility in Southeast Asia.
Our inductive case study of the mobility industry in Southeast Asia shows how an innovative digital platform entrant, Grab, first tried...
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Feb 7, 2022
2021 Round-up and 2022 Forecast
From a strategy vantage point, 2021 saw consumers increasing their shift to digital distribution channels. As habits provoked by COVID...

Michael G. Jacobides
Jan 3, 2022
How to Compete When Industries Digitize and Collide: An Ecosystem Development Framework
Industry boundaries are dissolving through the dramatic growth of digitalization, and platforms connecting different actors are...
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Jul 17, 2021
Rethink, Reconfigure, Reallocate
During a crisis, the immediate reaction is often to default to old habits. That may work for a while – as it did in the financial crash...
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Dec 20, 2020
First Steps, Far to Go
The Promises and Pitfalls of Platforms and Digital Ecosystems in Healthcare
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Dec 4, 2020
Adapt Your Business to the New Reality
It will be quite some time before we understand the full impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. But the history of such shocks tells us two...

Michael G. Jacobides
Aug 31, 2020
Goodbye business as usual
Ecosystems are not a fad or a sexy buzzword. They reflect a true paradigm shift in business. They are a genuinely new organisational...

Michael G. Jacobides
Oct 30, 2019
In the Ecosystem Economy, What’s Your Strategy?
When Nestlé was preparing to go mainstream with Nespresso, its single-use espresso capsule, it knew that users would need a machine...

Michael G. Jacobides
Aug 31, 2019
The Myths and Realities of Business Ecosystems
In annual reports, the term ecosystem occurs 13 times more frequently now than it did a decade ago. But like any buzzword, it’s often...

Michael G. Jacobides
Feb 25, 2019
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