Part I: Exploring the Networked Economy.- Connected Business: Creating Value in the Networked Economy.- Platform Economy: Converging IoT Platforms and Ecosystems.- Ecosystems: Unlocking the Potentials of Innovation Beyond Borders.- Digital Health Interventions.- Mobility: From Autonomous Driving Towards Mobility-as-a-Service.- Industry 4.0: Navigating Pathways Toward Smart Manufacturing and Services.- Decentralized Platform Ecosystems for Data and Digital Trust in Industrial Environments.- Sustainable AIoT: How Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things Affect Profit, People, and Planet.- Part II: Management Strategies for Connected Business.- Digital Transformer’s Dilemma: Innovate Twice to Survive.- Experimenting: What Makes a Good Business Experiment?.- Driving Connected Business Initiatives: Do’s and Dont’s.- AI for Decision-Making in Connected Business.- Cybersecurity: Balancing Efficiency with Long-Term Resilience in Connected Ecosystems.- Patent Strategies in the Networked Economy.- Part III: Case Studies on Connected Business.- Bosch IoT Suite: Exploiting the Potential of Smart Connected Products.- GF Machining Solutions: Real-Time Manufacturing Process in a Cloud Environment.- Linde: Business Value with Connected Cylinders in Hospitals.- ABB: Creating Value with Open Smart Home Automation Systems.- Covestro: Digital Technical Services as New Business Model for the Polymer Processing Industry.- BASF: Precision Farming with Lark Bread Initiative.- AgriCircle: Innovating Agricultural Ecosystems.- AGL Energy: Moving to the Connected and Orchestrated Customers.- EnBW SMIGHT: Addressing the Energy and Mobility Transition as Electricity Grid Operator.- Siemens: UK’s First Fully Converted Electric Avenue “W9”.- Groupon: Managing a Rapidly Growing Platform with Scale-Up Metrics.- Marquard Media: 4Player’s Learning DNA to Survive Disruptions.- Vontobel: Rethinking Wealth Management.- Cambridge Analytica: Magical Rise, Disastrous Fall.