Studies in digital economy and platform research
Finance & Technology
The intersection of financial technology and digital entertainment represents one of the most dynamic shifts in global commerce. As traditional banking infrastructure proves insufficient for the pace ...
Consumer Research
This study analyzes consumer behavior on mobile commerce platforms across six markets (India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Brazil, and Vietnam) using transaction data from 2.8 million users over twelve...
Market Economics
We examine the effects of algorithmic pricing on e-commerce markets using transaction data from three major platforms covering consumer electronics, household goods, and apparel categories over 2022-2...
Technology
The web that emerged from the 2000s was genuinely open. Independent blogs, forums, and personal sites carried substantial traffic. RSS readers aggregated content without platform intermediation. Searc...
Culture
For most of the past decade, the dominant narrative about reading was decline. Attention spans shrinking, articles shortening, video replacing text. The data mostly supported this narrative. But in th...
Software
As AI coding assistants have improved, some have declared that software craftsmanship is becoming irrelevant. If the AI can write the code, what does it matter if humans understand the principles of g...
Travel
Tech coverage tends to focus on Silicon Valley and a handful of other major hubs. Spending time in smaller tech ecosystems — Lisbon, Taipei, Medellín, Bangalore, Tbilisi — reveals a richer picture of ...
Opinion
Most of the regulatory attention and public concern about consumer technology currently focuses on AI. I want to argue that a much more immediate problem — subscription fatigue and the practices that ...
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