A new form of digital economic circulation has emerged, wherein ideas, knowledge, labour
and use rights for otherwise idle assets move between geographically distributed but …

In this inductive, qualitative study, we observe how Uber, a company often hailed as being
the poster-child of the sharing economy facilitated through a digital platform may also at …

Digital hyperconnectivity is a defining fact of our time. The Silicon Valley dream of universal
connection–the dream of connecting everyone and everything to everyone and everything …

Google dominates around 92% of the search market worldwide (as of November 2022), with
most of its revenue derived from search advertising. However, Google's hegemony over …

Google Scholar has become an important player in the scholarly economy. Whereas typical
academic publishers sell bibliometrics, analytics and ranking products, Alphabet, through …

The article examines two digital phenomena linked to money and finance, which are the
bitcoin (in particular the blockchain technology it is founded on) and high-frequency trading …

Targeted advertising lies at the heart of digital economic models and has been scrutinized
with respect to the potential pathologies of discriminatory job and housing advertising along …

It is widely believed that the spread of data extraction technologies on the Internet has led to
the erosion of traditional professional content providers and the transformation of the online …

Due to their perceived role in making content visible, engagement metrics are core concerns
for people and businesses that generate revenue on social media platforms. While scholars …

Property platforms are promising to reduce the risks, time, and costs associated with finding
and securing a home; they are claiming to improve existing real-estate processes and …