OL 620 Quinnipiac University Leadership in Digital Organizations Discussion After Reading case study 1 in your Harvard Course Pack – Axel Springer in 2014:

OL 620 Quinnipiac University Leadership in Digital Organizations Discussion After Reading case study 1 in your Harvard Course Pack – Axel Springer in 2014: Strategic Leadership of the Digital Transformation by Robert Burgelman, Robert Siegel, Jason Luther , answer the following questions and participate in the subsequent discussions:How would you evaluate Mathias Dopfner’s strategic leadership in the face of the digital revolution? What key strategic actions did he take, and how were they different from how most other publishers approached the situation? How successful is the company’s digital transformation as it stood in 2014?What did Kai Diekmann, Peter Wiirtenberger, and Martin Sinner learn from their ten months in Silicon Valley, and how did they incorporate these lessons into Axel Springer’s transformation? Moreover, what signals did their trip send to the organization?What are the strategic challenges that Axel Springer faces in the next three to five years, and how should they be addressed? In particular, what should be Axel Springer’s global strategy? How should Dopfner navigate the dynamics between his firm’s local (e.g., classifieds) and international (e.g., advertising) interests?Beyond 2014, who is best positioned to take advantage of the evolving digital landscape: the old media content experts or the new media technology experts? Why? How can Axel Springer effectively fight against Google and other firms that may negatively impact the “Fair Search and Fair Share” environment referenced in the case?If you were Mathias Dopfner, what would you like the digitally transformed publishing industry to look like in 2020? How would you want to strategically position Axel Springer in that transformed industry, and what would be the distinctive competencies necessary to occupy, defend, and leverage that desired strategic position? In particular, what would be the role of the company’s Silicon Valley outpost to support a winning corporate strategy?To give your colleagues enough time to review and respond to your postings and to give the Group Leader for this Case enough time to summarize and submit the discussions, the deadline for INITIAL postings is 11.59 pm on Wednesday, July 15. You will not see any other posts until you have posted your initial responses. Your initial responses should not be less than 200 words per question. You should, however, note that emphasis is on the quality and substance of the responses.