Category Archives: Digitization
Hal Varian on Intelligent Technology
By Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google Published on IMF.org A computer now sits in the middle of virtually every economic transaction in the developed world. Computing technology is rapidly penetrating the developing world as well, driven by the rapid spread … Continue reading
Print Vs Digital (Infographic)
Brian Wallace: When you reach for your book at the end of the day, is it paperback or electronic? Though eBooks were slated to overtake print books in 2015 it just didn’t happen. There was a 10% drop in eBook … Continue reading
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How Digital is Your Industry?
Prashant Gandhi, Somesh Khanna and Sree Ramaswamy in the Harvard Business Review: …what are the key attributes of a digital leader? And how can companies benchmark themselves against competitors? We looked at 27 indicators that fall into three broad categories: digital assets, digital … Continue reading
A Digital Nation (Infographic)
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau]
Digital is 22% of the world’s economy
Ten in Fifteen: Digital was 22 percent of the world’s economy in 2015. It will rise to 25 percent by 2020, a 10 percent increase since 2005. According to our global technology survey of more than 3,100 IT and business executives, 86 … Continue reading
Global Digital Data Flows: 12% of Global Trade Digitized
McKinsey Global Institute: Digital flows—which were practically nonexistent just 15 years ago—now exert a larger impact on GDP growth than the centuries-old trade in goods, according to a new McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) report, Digital globalization: The new era of … Continue reading
The Evolution of Digital Capacity by Country
The Fletcher School, Tufts: The Digital Evolution Index (DEI) analyzes the key underlying drivers and barriers that govern a country’s evolution into a digital economy: Demand, Supply, Institutional Environment, and Innovation. A longitudinal analysis of these four drivers during the … Continue reading
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#FinTech Disruption: What Happens Every Hour
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