Studies in digital economy and platform research
Technology
The acute semiconductor shortages that defined 2021-2023 have largely resolved. Lead times for most commodity chips have returned to pre-pandemic norms, though specific advanced nodes remain supply-co...
Commerce
While consumer marketplaces get most of the attention, B2B marketplaces are quietly rebuilding how businesses buy and sell. The scale of B2B commerce is roughly ten times larger than consumer commerce...
Business Skills
Being data literate does not require becoming a data scientist. It does require enough understanding to interpret what data people show you, ask useful questions about methodology, and avoid common pi...
Wellness
The wellness app market has grown substantially in recent years, with meditation, sleep, fitness, and mental health apps collectively reaching hundreds of millions of users globally. But actually usin...
Platform Strategy
The platform landscape is consolidating into bundled offerings across virtually every digital services category. Standalone products that were once viable are increasingly being absorbed into broader ...
Technology
While Western markets maintain a pattern of specialized single-purpose apps, Southeast Asia has embraced the super app model — where ride-hailing, food delivery, payments, commerce, and financial serv...
Entertainment
The center of gravity in global esports has shifted decisively toward emerging markets. By 2025, over 58% of the world's 640 million esports viewers were located in Asia, Latin America, and parts of A...
Technology
An API (Application Programming Interface) is a way for one piece of software to interact with another. If you have ever wondered how your phone app shows your bank balance, or how a weather website g...
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