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Technology, Society and Economy
Although space science was the most visible part of the space programme, the 1970s saw it transformed into a wide-spectrum programme to benefit...
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Chapter 2: Hyman Minsky on Financial Crises
This chapter explains the 2008 financial crisis with the help of the work of Hyman Minsky on instability. He explained financial crises as the...
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Chapter 7: Amartya Sen on Financial Capabilities
This chapter discusses Amartya Sen’s capability approach in relation to financial capabilities. It zooms in on the behavioural dimensions behind the...
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Financial Services
FinTech, an acronym for financial technology, can be considered a byproduct of globalization and technology. The higher number of cross border...
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Ecosystem Deep Dive #1: Investment—The Role of Financial Services
The circular economy requires substantial investments in a range of areas, from supporting start-ups experimenting with new circular business models...
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Beyond Technology Diplomacy
The story of ITER could have been a “chronicle of a death foretold.” All the conditions were set from the beginning to prevent it going ahead. But...
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Financial Innovation and Inclusion
New technology and fintech innovators are playing an important role in addressing the serious challenge of financial inclusion. The majority of the...
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Japan In Space Past, Present and Future
Guided by genius engineer Hideo Itokawa, Japan’s space program began with small scientific satellites more than 50 years ago. Since then, its space...
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University, Education, Technology, and the Future of Work
In this chapter, Bernard Yeung raises a controversial issue: that the current stage of industrial and technological revolution creates economic...
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Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services
Having explored the definition of artificial intelligence, the core capabilities that it offers, and the dynamics of its evolution, we will now turn...
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The Changing Structure of the Financial Ecosystem
Brash new fintechs with extensive venture backing, banks seeking to reinvent themselves, and technology companies poised on the edge of becoming...
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Blockchain As an Enabling Technology
Before giving further consideration to the emerging role that crypto-assets are playing in the financial ecosystem, it is important to take a moment...
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Fintech and the Future of the Financial Ecosystem
The world is changing fast for executives at incumbent financial institutions. Fintech startups that were once dismissed as irrelevant now play an...
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Designing Technology Platforms for Collective Co-Production: Advice When Selecting Crowdsourcing Platforms
How should the technology platform look like in order to unmindcuff the crowd in a way that collective production occurs? Since our initial search...
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The Technology Juggernaut
Any discussion about globalization is incomplete without a discussion of technological evolution. After all, technology played as a catalyst for...
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Hyperledger Fabric as a Blockchain Framework in the Financial Industry
BlockchainBlockchain technology has recently received a lot of media attention. However, the discussion is often restricted to concepts and not...
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Incumbent Financial Institutions and Their Response to Fintechs
The challenges that fintechs face in their efforts to achieve scale raise an important question about the broader dynamics of the financial...
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VLSI and Beyond: The Dream of Impact, Creating Technology with Inclusive Cultures
Telle Whitney describes her journey from her early days in Salt Lake City to becoming CEO of the Anita Borg Institute, creating and leading the...
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The Technology Suite of Automation
The previous chapter introduced the idea of diagrammatic expression. If successful, that activity has brought us a collection of “blueprints” that...
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Chapter 5: Barbara Bergmann on Gender Biases
This chapter discusses why the three key whistleblowers of the financial crisis were all women. The chapter introduces insights from feminist...