Production v Consumption: what drives workers to our cities today?
Human capital has long been recognised to be a key driver of modern economic growth (Florida, 2002). This is based on the idea that the...
Knowledge sharing across organisations (II): How blockchains provide incentives to jointly solve bus
Blockchains – frequently associated with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies – can provide valuable incentive schemes to share knowledge...
Knowledge sharing across organisations (I): How and why collaboration will always be limited
The digital world affects everyone yet is incredibly difficult to understand. Take Artificial Intelligence (AI), for example. While there...
Looking outside: Why global pipelines are needed for a healthy innovation ecosystem
An innovation ecosystem could be described as encompassing economic actors within the research and commercial economy, that are linked...
Standing on the shoulders of broken links: The Knowledge Commons in the face of the internet
All of those who have studied economics at any level will have been introduced to the concept of the commons. A Commons is a resource,...
Digital Technologies, in Refugee Camps? Seeking innovative solutions to address today’s Grand Challe
For months now we have been watching news about people fleeing their homes in Syria, Afghanistan or South Sudan. And the recent...
Mobile and financial inclusion: M-PESA
We’re all familiar with the mobile phone as a digital technology because of the incredibly high level of global penetration that it has...
