GLOOM vs. BLOOM OF THE FUTURE OF WORK: Can We Chart A Positive Roadmap?
By Mario Raich, Simon Dolan, Dave Ulrich, and Claudio Cisullo
As the digital era is continuously in its process to ripen, discussions of destructive unforeseen...
A Magna Carta for Inclusivity and Fairness in the Global AI Economy
By Olaf Groth, Mark Nitzberg and Mark Esposito
Machine meritocracy is here. In this article, the authors elaborate on questions of inclusivity, fairness, and governance....
Emoji: New Language or Trend?
By Marcel Danesi
As societies change and grow, language too, evolves. In this article, the author analyses the rise of the emoji as a means...
Robot Rights and the Emergence of the “Electronic Person”
By Kyle Bowyer
Current laws may soon be inadequate for regulating increasingly sophisticated and intelligent robots. As machines approach and even surpass human physical and...
Right to be Disconnected – The Wave to Catch On
By Jasna Čošabić
This paper analyses the possible influence of the French labour law reform – the “right to be disconnected” – on other countries and the benefits...
Cosmopolitan Conceptions? Biopolitics and Emiratisation in Dubai’s IVF “Reprohub”
By Marcia C. Inhorn
Despite the political tumult in the Arab world, Dubai continues to draw medical tourists from around the globe, including infertile “reprotravellers”...
Why People Trust Sharing Economy Strangers More Than Their Colleagues
By Mareike Möhlmann
Trust is a crucial element in any relationship, not least when financial transactions are taking place. The rise of sharing economy platforms...
Selling Illusory Joy: Emotions, Big Data and the Coming Retail Renaissance
By Christopher Surdak and Ed King
Today the world is awash in massive amounts of context-rich data. Whether it’s GPS position information, social media posts,...
The Rise of Shenzhen and BYD – How a Chinese Corporate Pioneer is Leading...
By Taylor Ogan and Xiangming Chen
While the world is focusing on if the Chinese government can be a trusted and reliable leader in dealing...
The Strategic Role of Marketing-Related Technology in Politics and What Business can Learn from...
By Bruce Newman
All organizations today need to use a wide array of databases available to learn everything they can about their target audience in...
eColonialism Theory: How Trends are Changing the World
By Thomas L. McPhail
In this information age, new trends and ways of doing things have changed dramatically. From work, to school, to entertainment and...
The Internet in China: How the Network is Shaping the PRC’s Economic and Social...
By Eric Harwit
Chinese e-commerce and communications companies are playing leading roles in the nation’s continued Internet development. These corporations are expanding their roles in...
The Fairness Challenge of the Internet of Things
By Bang Ngyuen and David De Cremer
The Internet-of-Things essentially enables mass data collection and analysis, to the benefit not just of businesses, but individuals...
The Rationality of Risk, Part 3: Rollercoasters, Burning Ships and the Hero’s Journey
By Christopher Surdak
In part three of the series on The Rationality of Risk, Chris Surdak gives some guidance on making friends with risk. Loss,...
Remote Teams: Managing Attitudes, Not Activity
By Drew Gurley
Managing remote teams is tricky. If attitude is the icing, function is the cake. In this article, Drew Gurley discusses why we...
Our Digital Culture Threatened by Loss
By Oliver Grau
Media art is the art form that uses the technologies that fundamentally change our societies, and plays an important role in the...
The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons and...
By Jeremy Rifkin
The third Industrial Revolution is on its way. New York Times bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin describes how the emerging Internet of Things...
