Valuing Digital Business Designs and Platforms: An Integrated Strategic and Financial Valuation Framework

This book develops an interwoven framework for the strategic and financial valuation of digital business designs and platform companies, emphasizing resilience to create lasting competitive advantage and capture value for the post-pandemic world. It combines business design analytics and financial modeling to understand the competitive advantage and value of these business designs.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 261 pages
Publication date: 17 September 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book offers a comprehensive framework for the strategic and financial valuation of digital business designs and platform companies that have emerged as game-changers in the 21st century. These digital natives have posed significant challenges to traditional industry incumbents, forcing them to revitalize their business models or risk being marginalized. The book's central thesis revolves around the idea of business design as the twin of innovation, emphasizing the importance of resilience in creating long-term competitive advantage and capturing value in the post-pandemic world of the 20s.

To achieve this, the book combines business design analytics, specifically the 10C Business Design framework, with rigorous financial modeling techniques, such as Reverse DCF. This combination provides a deep understanding of the competitive advantage and value of these innovative business designs.

Throughout the book, a series of high-profile case studies are presented to illustrate the working principles and practical application of the concept. These case studies cover a diverse range of industries and showcase how platform companies have disrupted traditional business models, created new market opportunities, and generated substantial value for their stakeholders.

By leveraging the power of business design analytics and financial modeling, this book empowers readers to evaluate the potential of digital business designs and platform companies, make informed decisions, and navigate the complex landscape of the 21st-century business world. Whether you are an entrepreneur, investor, or business professional, this book provides valuable insights and tools to help you thrive in the digital age.

Weight: 421g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030836344
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021