A Perspective On Digital
Digital technologies have unleashed unprecedented innovation, resulting in massive disruption in all industries. Businesses with better strategic foresight of where the digital world is heading and the ability to leverage this information to adapt to their new environment will be more successful.
The economics of the digital world are fundamentally different from those of the physical world, leading to new and unanswered questions. My research, teaching, and consulting are directed at helping business leaders understand the new terrain and navigate the shift.
About Vijay Gurbaxani
Vijay Gurbaxani is the Founding Director of the Center for Digital Transformation (CDT) and Taco Bell Professor of Business and Computer Science at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine. His research, teaching and consulting interests are at the intersection of business strategy and information technology (IT).
Recent Posts on Vijay’s Blog
The $1.8 Billion Acquisition Of Stack Overflow Aims To Turbocharge The World’s Software Knowhow
In yet another sign that the world is software-driven, Prosus N.V., one of the world’s largest tech investment firms operating as the international Internet assets arm of South African multinational Naspers, announced on June 2 that it’s acquiring Stack Overflow, a...
What Does Hitachi’s $9.6 Billion Acquisition Of GlobalLogic Tell Us? It’s A Software-Driven World
Japanese industrial giant Hitachi Ltd. announced today that it was acquiring GlobalLogic Inc., a privately held digital engineering services company based in Silicon Valley for $9.6 billion. The purchase price values the company’s shares at $8.5 billion, more than...
Five Steps To Thinking Like A Software Company
“The best part of building software is the job is never done. Since starting Box, I don’t think I’ve ever left a customer conversation where this [sic] isn’t something new left to go do. Build the future, listen to your customers, repeat.” Those words come from Aaron...
Research
Vijay’s research approach is distinctive in that he uses economics as the lens to analyse strategic management questions.
Speaking
Vijay speaks frequently at digital conferences and corporate events on strategy. See representative engagements.