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The circular economy: from enthusiasm to realism
3 December 2021, World Economic Forum, Switzerland, Atalay Atasu and Luk Van Wassenhove: There are three main factors that companies must navigate in transitioning from linear to circular business models: value, access and process (VAP). The key to eliminating all...
Decoding the great crypto crash
6 July 2022, Forbes, US, Sandeep Das (AMP'11Jul): Given the panic everywhere, it definitely doesn’t make sense to invest more in the crypto markets. And looking at the global economy, the market should take at least two years to stabilise Image: Shutterstock In the...
Digital real estate prices on metaverse platforms fall along with crypto plunge
2 July 2022, Channel NewsAsia, Singapore, Antonio Fatas: Along with plummeting cryptocurrency prices, the value of digital real estate on metaverse platforms has fallen as well. Michelle Teo finds out why some firms are still keen to invest in the space. (TV) Digital...
Can AI help us build a more ethical world?
9 June 2022, Singapore, The Edge, Edmond Awad and Theos Evgeniou: Understanding human nature has been a millennia-long question, with implications ranging from how we develop policies, economic theories, to how we organise and govern ourselves. Despite years of...
Online dangers for children are rife. We must both pre-empt them and treat the consequences
9 June 2022, World Economic Forum, Switzerland, Theos Evgeniou: A majority of child internet users experience some form of online sexual harm. Most child online safety focuses on safeguarding the 'midstream' user experience. A more end-to-end approach, incorporating...
The list of U.S. tech companies retreating from China is notable. Amazon is just the latest
7 June 2022, Barron's, US, J. Stewart Black: Amazon, LinkedIn, and Yahoo had some of the longer tenures of now-departed U.S.firms. Google’s 2006-2010 search engine presence in China ended acrimoniously aftercensorship disputes and alleged hacking that Google said put...
Has hybridity killed teamwork?
2 June 2022, Forbes India, India, Mark Mortensen: The time has come to check whether the benefits of teamwork still outweigh the costs, BY CONSTANCE NOONAN HADLEY AND MARK MORTENSEN Remote and hybrid teams are also suffering from a lack of social connection and...
Virtual is the new reality for MBA students
20 May 2022, The Wall Street Journal, US, Ithai Stern: M.B.A. students at Dartmouth College took a stroll one day this spring to a corner store in Tamil Nadu, India, to observe local shopping habits. Motorcycles whizzed by and roosters crowed—that is, until the...
Rethinking the ethics of AI – and ours
7 May 2022, The Business Time, Theos Evgeniou (PDF): While "human ethics" has been debated for thousands of years, "machine ethics" is just emerging. Answers to "machine ethics" questions will have great impact on our society going forward- and huge implication for...
Digitalisation has revolutionised and globalised the world
April 2022 edition,Institute of Directors India, India, Ludo Van der Heyden: For over more than two decades companies have been urged to “digitalise” to avoid being left behind. The specific technology innovations introduced by the digital revolution such as mobile,...