> Return to the #94 Newsletter The Metaverse promises to revolutionize the digital world. Over the next decade we are poised to see a complete transformation in how business interacts with customers, how work is done, how organizations operate, what products and services are offered and how they are distributed. The Metaverse is expected to shake up the value functions of companies in just about every industry, from consumer products to…
Research Guide
Blockchain
> Return to the #93 Newsletter Blockchain has already started to revolutionize ways of doing business. Many policy makers and business leaders see it as a means of bringing greater trust and transparency to digital environments. Gartner has estimated that blockchain could generate as much as $3.1 trillion in new business value by 2030, half of it by 2025 with applications designed for operational improvement. The potential of blockchain to engender…
Doing Good
> Return to the #92 Newsletter New ethical challenges are constantly emerging in corporations, from how to allocate medical attention during a pandemic to what algorithm to create for self-driving cars. Ethics is at the core of business activity and decision-making. Even accreditation agencies like AACSB and Equis have revised their standards for business educational institutions to embrace the importance of including ethics education across business disciplines. Business ethics is the…
e-Commerce
> Return to the #91 Newsletter Over the past few years, as digitization has accelerated, the e-commerce landscape has become more and more dynamic. Innovative business models have transformed the buyer-seller relationship while pushing the frontier of what is possible to buy and sell online. The gradual expansion of internet access and adoption, which quickened during the coronavirus crisis, has boosted the growth of digital commerce and spurred the creation of…
Summer Readings 2021
> Return to the #90 Newsletter Summer is here, meaning it is time for the Library’s traditional summer reading recommendations. This year we offer up a selection of new titles that may help readers prepare for a post-Covid world. The list is based on suggestions made for this summer by authors that have won or been listed for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. We hope…