MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Navigating the Contested Rise of Fintech

Navigating fintech disruption means understanding stakeholder complexities as managers decide whether to adopt it — or not.

Fintech — it’s the word that quickly shortens the broad swath of emerging financial technologies into one. With trust in traditional banking practices stalling, fintech may be a disruptive threat, but it also represents an opportunity for established players to reinvent themselves and rejuvenate a battered industry.

About the Author

Tatjana Schneidmüller is a Ph.D. candidate in strategy & entrepreneurship at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Mariano L.M. Heyden, Ph.D., (@pitrast) is associate professor of strategy and international business at the Monash Business School in Australia. Henk W. Volberda, Ph.D., (@henkvolberda) is chaired professor of strategic management and innovation at Amsterdam Business School of the University of Amsterdam and the scientific director of the Amsterdam Centre for Business Innovation.

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