Business Model

• [New] More broadly, Facebook and Google are pushing back against a slew of potential regulation worldwide that threatens to undermine business models that have allowed them to become some of the biggest, most profitable companies in the world.
• [New] Rapid digitalization is exponentially increasing cyber exposures, supply chain disruption is radically altering business models, and a rise in serious health issues has accompanied employees' shift to remote working.
• Companies looking to diversify their business model and think about the future and sustainability will rapidly embrace EV fleets in 2021.
• Leading Japanese banks plan to automate about 30,000 workplaces because, according to the outstanding banking sector specialist, the traditional business model has lost effectiveness in current conditions and does not provide adequate profit generation opportunities.
• A key part of the E.U.'s proposal is that large tech companies could be fined up to 6% of their annual global revenue if they do not open up their algorithms to public scrutiny and act swiftly to counter societal harms stemming from their business models.
• Meeting the european Union's goal of neutral carbon emissions by 2050 requires large-scale changes in the production and business models of many firms.
• In the last five years, growing numbers of businesses across sectors are transitioning to circular economy designs and business models to identify product innovations, capture new and diversified opportunities, and meet changing customer preferences.
• By 2022, 80% of organizations that shift to a hybrid business model will spend 4 x more on AI-enabled and secure edge infrastructure to deliver business agility and insights in real time.
• The ECB on Friday announced that in 2021 ECB Banking Supervision will primarily focus its supervisory efforts on four priority areas materially affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: credit risk management, capital strength, business model sustainability and governance.
• The Basel leverage ratio fundamentally threatens the business model of clearing members and will endanger the stability of the global financial markets.
• New users as well as HCP acceptance of telehealth services will result in substantial business opportunities in 2021 for companies that offer tech licenses, consultation services, or prescription services, to name just a few of the possible telehealth business models.
• The Covid-19 pandemic continues to threaten public health and disrupt economies around the world, shifting consumer behaviours, business models and trade flows.
• The most disruptive force in business is not new technology - it's the business model innovation that technology enables.
• By 2025, providers will confront six escalating major forces that will challenge them to respond and evolve their organizations, operations and business models.
• Lockdown measures hugely impacted supply chains around the globe and businesses resorted to new sourcing strategies and business models which will continue to be used in 2021.
• We see a moderate ESG vulnerability until 2050 for other chemicals manufacturers, with fundamental demand drivers neutral to positive despite major changes to business models.
• 2021 will be the year where business models are adapted to the new ways of working.
• Companies like Uber and Lyft have business models that ultimately rely on autonomous, so we may see them build momentum in 2021, but it will be cautionary until the technology and rules of the road work with the needs of autonomous vehicles.
• Ln the coming year, we will continue to see a greater shift to more resilient digital supply chain models as businesses focus on expanding or transforming capabilities to increase flexibility, visibility, and control.
• In an Accenture survey, 76% of business leaders agree that current business models will be unrecognizable in the next five years - ecosystems will be the main change agent.

Last updated: 21 February 2021