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Gillian Hadfield on rules for a flat world

On November 2nd, 2016 the Digital Seminar series hosted Gillian Hadfield from the Gould School of Law at the University of California.

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Christoph Riedl on design myopia and vicarious learning

On April 6th, 2016 the Digital Seminar series hosted Christoph Riedl from the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University.

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Dongmyun Lee on GiGA infrastructure-based business transformation

In this flash talk from our 2017 Future Assembly conference, Dongmyun Lee from KT Corporation (formerly Korea Telecom) shares KT’s experience moving into and trying to establish a business model in the GiGA-infrastructure commodity market.

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CV Harquail on generative business practice

On November 5th, 2014 the Digital Seminar series hosted CV Harquail from FeministsAtWork. CV gave a talk called “Generative Business Practice: How Digital Technologies, a Network Orientation, and an Ethos of Generosity Combine to Transform How Businesses Work Together.”

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Linus Dahlander on fostering new and better ideas

On October 5th, 2016 the Digital Seminar series hosted Linus Dahlander from the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT).

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The role of early adopters in diffusion

Seeding a technology while ignoring early adopters’ needs for distinctiveness is counterproductive.

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Ben Edelman on deregulation, fair competition, and rule of law

Presented at the Digital Initiative 2017 Future Assembly, in this flash talk, Professor Ben Edelman from Harvard Business School explored the issue of “spontaneous deregulation” – when a company deregulating itself by ignoring the laws that disallow its planned activity.

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Benjamin Shiller on ad blocking

On November 16th, 2016 the Digital Seminar series hosted Benjamin (Ben) Shiller from Brandeis University. Ben gave a talk called “Will Ad Blocking Break the Internet?”

Andrei Hagiu on turning products and services into platforms

In this flash talk from our 2017 Future Assembly, Professor Andrei Hagiu from MIT Sloan School of Management highlights how companies can tap in to one of the most promising and profitable aspects of business today: the platform economy.

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Chiara Farronato on online reviews as a substitute for regulation

Presented at the Digital Initiative 2017 Future Assembly, in this flash talk, Professor Chiara Farronato from Harvard Business School discusses how technology has facilitated the diffusion of online review systems and how online review systems can be an effective way to ensure consumer protection.

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