Amazon in the air: Innovating with big data at Lufthansa

Hong Mei Chen, Roland Schutz, Rick Kazman, Florian Matthes

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Abstract

Big data offers great opportunities for innovation. However, at the end of 2014, at the peak of its hype, big data deployment was still scarce and failures abounded. This article presents a case of how Lufthansa, the largest airline in Europe, successfully tackled the task of discovering value from big data, addressing the inherent technical complexities, and transforming their business model of selling airline tickets to customers to one that we call «Amazon in the Air» where service-dominant logic prevails. This case demonstrates that IT innovation is the business imperative to survive and exemplifies the complex business environment and rapid changes for which big data is being considered. Our case study also sheds light on the challenges and critical success factors for innovating with big data and how to navigate through uncharted waters, employing new thinking and new approaches to seize innovation with big data.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016
EditorsRalph H. Sprague, Tung X. Bui
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages5096-5105
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9780769556703
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Mar 2016
Event49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016 - Koloa, United States
Duration: 5 Jan 20168 Jan 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Volume2016-March
ISSN (Print)1530-1605

Conference

Conference49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityKoloa
Period5/01/168/01/16

Keywords

  • Big data innovation
  • Critical success factors
  • Innovative business model
  • Lufthansa Airline
  • Service dominant logic

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