The Digital Economy: Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked Intelligence – Review

Admin on 12/01/2021

The Digital Economy: Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked Intelligence – Review

Don Tapscott describes the Age of Network Intelligence as an all encompassing and revolutionizing phenomenon fuelled by the convergence of advancements in human communication, computing (computers, software, services) and content (publishing, entertainment and information providers), to create the interactive multimedia and the information highway. This new age is gradually forcing us to rethink the way we perceive the traditional definitions of economy, wealth creation, business organizations and other institutional structures. Such a shift in economic and social relationships holds promise and peril. The book focuses on three main areas – the new economy and factors that mould it; internetworking and how it relates to businesses and governments and lastly the need for strong progressive leadership who will be responsible for the transformation or will be the agents of change in this new era.

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a832/0ab8d4a6c0a1d0578c6e01288b03cb00de4a.pdf/

Defining, Conceptualising and Measuring the Digital Economy

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Defining, Conceptualising and Measuring the Digital Economy

The digital economy is growing fast, especially in developing countries. Yet the meaning and metrics
of the digital economy are both limited and divergent. The aim of this paper is to review what is
currently known in order to develop a definition of the digital economy, and an estimate of its size.
The paper argues there are three scopes of relevance. The core of the digital economy is the ‘digital
sector’: the IT/ICT sector producing foundational digital goods and services. The true ‘digital
economy’ – defined as “that part of economic output derived solely or primarily from digital
technologies with a business model based on digital goods or services” – consists of the digital sector
plus emerging digital and platform services. The widest scope – use of ICTs in all economic fields – is
here referred to as the ‘digitalised economy’. Following a review of measurement challenges, the
paper estimates the digital economy as defined here to make up around 5% of global GDP and 3% of
global employment. Behind this lies significant unevenness: the global North has had the lion’s
share of the digital economy to date, but growth rates are fastest in the global South. Yet potential
growth could be much higher: further research to understand more about the barriers to and
impacts of the digital economy in developing countries is therefore a priority.

https://diodeweb.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/diwkppr68-diode.pdf

If your software allows people to send each other messages, it should also have the ability to block and mute users and keywords. That’s it. That’s the whole tweet.

Admin on 12/01/2021

If your software allows people to send each other messages, it should also have the ability to block and mute users and keywords. That’s it. That’s the whole tweet.

A few weeks ago, I asked newsletter creators “If you could give a newsletter creator one tip, what would it be?” They had some excellent answers

Admin on 12/01/2021

A few weeks ago, I asked newsletter creators

“If you could give a newsletter creator one tip, what would it be?”

They had some excellent answers

Most PMs, even peak PMs, excel at only a handful of these competencies. The difference between the average PM and the peak PM is an understanding of gaps and the ability to unite a team that fills those gaps. https://t.co/READplFXYH

Admin on 12/01/2021

Most PMs, even peak PMs, excel at only a handful of these competencies. The difference between the average PM and the peak PM is an understanding of gaps and the ability to unite a team that fills those gaps. https://t.co/READplFXYH