Big Data | Data Economics

Adobe introduces the Digital-Economy Project

2016-05-05 / 0 comments

On March 16, 2016 Luiz Maykot, data analyst at Adobe Digital Index wrote: Our team is pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative, the Adobe Digital Economy Project. The project’s core goal is to add insight to current economic discussions based on dynamic, responsive data about the digital economy. The Adobe Digital Index,…

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IBM: Data Economics Infographic

2015-08-15 / 0 comments

Data Economics Infographic (accessed: 2015-08-15 / Document Number: TSJ03543USEN)

Computational Fact Checking from Knowledge Networks

2015-08-07 / 0 comments

Traditional fact checking by expert journalists cannot keep up with the enormous volume of information that is now generated online. Computational fact checking may significantly enhance our ability to evaluate the veracity of dubious information. Here we show that the complexities of human fact checking can be approximated quite well by finding the shortest path…

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Autonomous Vehicles

2015-08-05 / 0 comments

Where to? A History of Autonomous Vehicles Driverless car market watch Automated Driving: Legislative and Regulatory Action Wired: Autonomous Cars Google Self-Driving Car Project

Data & Multisided Markets

2015-08-04 / 0 comments

Data functions as a mediating layer between interconnected business areas creating multisided markets. Source: OECD – Internet Economy Outlook 2015, p. 147

OECD Topics Page: Internet

2015-07-17 / 0 comments

Lots of resources to be found at http://www.oecd.org/internet/ i.e. OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2015:

Big Data Propaganda

2015-07-14 / 0 comments

A typical piece opf propaganda on Big Data and added value derived from business analytics provided by Cognizant Technology Solutions in conjunction with Oxford Economics. It’s in the data, stupid! Read yourself: The Value of Signal (and the Cost of Noise) – The New Economics of Meaning-Making

Book: Economic Analysis of the Digital Economy

2015-07-12 / 0 comments

Edited by Avi Goldfarb, Shane M. Greenstein, and Catherine E. Tucker 528 pages | 18 halftones, 106 line drawings, 53 tables | 6 x 9 | © 2015 National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report As the cost of storing, sharing, and analyzing data has decreased, economic activity has become increasingly digital. But while the…

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The Data Revolution and Economic Analysis

2015-07-10 / 0 comments

This paper by Liran Einav & Jonathan Levin (both Stanford University and NBER)was prepared for the NBER Innovation Policy and the Economy conference in April 2013. Many believe that “big data” will transform business, government, and other aspects of the economy. In this article we discuss how new data may impact economic policy and economic…

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EU Big Data Strategy & Policy

2015-06-24 / 0 comments

In July 2014, the Commission outlined a new strategy on Big Data, supporting and accelerating the transition towards a data-driven economy in Europe. The data-driven economy will stimulate research and innovation on data while leading to more business opportunities and an increased availability of knowledge and capital, in particular for SMEs, across Europe. Read more:…

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