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Intro
Preface
Praise for The Economic Value of Digital Disruption
Contents
About the Author
1 Digital Enablers
1.1 The 1s and 0s of Our World
1.1.1 Growth of the Middle-Class Spurring the Digital Economy
1.2 The Digital Enablers-Internet, Smartphone, Data, AI
1.2.1 Internet-Stitching the Digital Economy
1.2.2 Smartphones
1.2.3 Data-The World's Most Valuable Resource
1.2.4 Artificial Intelligence (AI)
References
2 Fintech
2.1 Fintech
2.2 Digital Banking
2.3 Digital Payments
2.3.1 Financial Inclusion
2.3.2 Moving Toward a Cashless World
2.4 Cryptocurrency
2.5 Digital Money Gains Legitimacy
2.6 Central Banks Mull Issuing Digital Money
2.7 China Fires the First Salvo
2.8 The Ills of Digital Money
2.9 High-Frequency Trading
References
3 Future of Work
3.1 The Changing Nature of Work
3.1.1 What Is Impacting the Nature of Work
3.1.2 What Kind of Jobs Will Be in Demand in 2029?
3.2 The Specter of Automation
3.2.1 Automation Threatens Unskilled Jobs
3.3 Robotization
3.3.1 Profiling Robots
3.3.2 Embracing Robots
3.4 Future of the Office Is Home
3.4.1 Move Toward a Hybrid Model
3.4.2 A Vote for WFH
3.5 Gig Working
3.5.1 Gig Worker-Employee or Contractor?
References
4 Digital Platforms
4.1 Digital Platforms
4.2 The Platform Model
4.2.1 Profiting from Platforms
4.3 Network Effects
4.3.1 How Network Effects Create Value-Metcalfe's Law
4.4 Sharing Economy
4.5 Airbnb-The Quintessential Platform Business
4.5.1 ML Optimizes the Airbnb Platform Business Model
4.6 The Ride with Uber
4.6.1 The Economics of Uber
4.6.2 Bumpy Road Ahead for Uber
References
5 The Promise of 5G
5.1 5G-A Game Changer
5.1.1 5G Will Transform into a GPT
5.1.2 5G Will Be Impactful
5.2 The Economic Impact of 5G
5.2.1 The Ubiquity of 5G
5.2.2 5G Will Go Where No Standard Has Gone Before
5.3 Harnessing 5G
5.3.1 5G in Health Sector
5.3.2 5G in Farming
5.3.3 5G in Automotive
5.3.4 Early Adoption
5.4 The Fight for 5G Dominance
5.4.1 The Global 5G Rollout Challenges
References
6 Online Learning
6.1 Online Education
6.1.1 The Business of EdTech
6.1.2 Successful EdTechs
6.1.3 The Compulsion of Studying from Home
6.2 Efficacy of Online Learning
6.2.1 What Didn't Work
6.2.2 What Did Work?
6.3 Digital Divide
6.3.1 The Pandemic Deepens the Digital Divide
6.3.2 Homework Gap-The Unkindest Part of the Digital Divide
References
7 The Might of MAAMA
7.1 The Daunting Presence of Big Tech
7.1.1 Market Concentration
7.1.2 Duopoly in Digital Advertising
7.1.3 Google: The King of Search Advertising
7.1.4 Amazon-Largest Onliner
7.2 Facebook-Mogul of Social Media
7.2.1 Ill Effects of Social Media
7.2.2 A Cohort of Other Social Media
7.3 Apple-The Cook Knows the Recipe
Preface
Praise for The Economic Value of Digital Disruption
Contents
About the Author
1 Digital Enablers
1.1 The 1s and 0s of Our World
1.1.1 Growth of the Middle-Class Spurring the Digital Economy
1.2 The Digital Enablers-Internet, Smartphone, Data, AI
1.2.1 Internet-Stitching the Digital Economy
1.2.2 Smartphones
1.2.3 Data-The World's Most Valuable Resource
1.2.4 Artificial Intelligence (AI)
References
2 Fintech
2.1 Fintech
2.2 Digital Banking
2.3 Digital Payments
2.3.1 Financial Inclusion
2.3.2 Moving Toward a Cashless World
2.4 Cryptocurrency
2.5 Digital Money Gains Legitimacy
2.6 Central Banks Mull Issuing Digital Money
2.7 China Fires the First Salvo
2.8 The Ills of Digital Money
2.9 High-Frequency Trading
References
3 Future of Work
3.1 The Changing Nature of Work
3.1.1 What Is Impacting the Nature of Work
3.1.2 What Kind of Jobs Will Be in Demand in 2029?
3.2 The Specter of Automation
3.2.1 Automation Threatens Unskilled Jobs
3.3 Robotization
3.3.1 Profiling Robots
3.3.2 Embracing Robots
3.4 Future of the Office Is Home
3.4.1 Move Toward a Hybrid Model
3.4.2 A Vote for WFH
3.5 Gig Working
3.5.1 Gig Worker-Employee or Contractor?
References
4 Digital Platforms
4.1 Digital Platforms
4.2 The Platform Model
4.2.1 Profiting from Platforms
4.3 Network Effects
4.3.1 How Network Effects Create Value-Metcalfe's Law
4.4 Sharing Economy
4.5 Airbnb-The Quintessential Platform Business
4.5.1 ML Optimizes the Airbnb Platform Business Model
4.6 The Ride with Uber
4.6.1 The Economics of Uber
4.6.2 Bumpy Road Ahead for Uber
References
5 The Promise of 5G
5.1 5G-A Game Changer
5.1.1 5G Will Transform into a GPT
5.1.2 5G Will Be Impactful
5.2 The Economic Impact of 5G
5.2.1 The Ubiquity of 5G
5.2.2 5G Will Go Where No Standard Has Gone Before
5.3 Harnessing 5G
5.3.1 5G in Health Sector
5.3.2 5G in Farming
5.3.3 5G in Automotive
5.3.4 Early Adoption
5.4 The Fight for 5G Dominance
5.4.1 The Global 5G Rollout Challenges
References
6 Online Learning
6.1 Online Education
6.1.1 The Business of EdTech
6.1.2 Successful EdTechs
6.1.3 The Compulsion of Studying from Home
6.2 Efficacy of Online Learning
6.2.1 What Didn't Work
6.2.2 What Did Work?
6.3 Digital Divide
6.3.1 The Pandemic Deepens the Digital Divide
6.3.2 Homework Gap-The Unkindest Part of the Digital Divide
References
7 The Might of MAAMA
7.1 The Daunting Presence of Big Tech
7.1.1 Market Concentration
7.1.2 Duopoly in Digital Advertising
7.1.3 Google: The King of Search Advertising
7.1.4 Amazon-Largest Onliner
7.2 Facebook-Mogul of Social Media
7.2.1 Ill Effects of Social Media
7.2.2 A Cohort of Other Social Media
7.3 Apple-The Cook Knows the Recipe