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The dominant logic of Big Tech in healthcare and pharma
Alexander Schuhmacher1, Naomi Haefner2, Katharina Honsberg3
1Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, THI Business School, Esplanade 10, 85049 Ingolstadt, Germany; University of St. Gallen, Institute of Technology Management, Dufourstrasse 40a, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Abstract:
Digital health and digital pharma are considered supportive tools for patients and healthcare providers (HCPs), making the market highly attractive for industry players. Not surprisingly, Tech Giants have started to move into this area. We utilized established management models and publicly available information sources, such as annual company reports, and performed a thorough analysis to uncover the underlying business models of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, IBM, and Microsoft in order to better understand their intention and course of entering the healthcare and pharma industries. Our results indicate that Big Tech or Tech Giants do address the needs of patients and physicians, while having built clear value propositions, value chains, and revenue models to sustainably revolutionize the healthcare and pharma industries.
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