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Towards a political economy of technical systems: The case of Google

Big Data & Society, 2022
This research commentary proposes a conceptual framework for studying big tech companies as “technical systems” that organize much of their operation around the mastery and operationalization of key technologies that facilitate and drive their continuous
Bernhard Rieder
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A Systematic Literature Review on the Credit Risk Management of Big Tech Lending

Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR), 2021
This article reviews the relevant research of Big Tech Lending credit risk management in order to promote the research on the theory and method of credit risk management of Big Tech Lending. At present, relevant research results at home and abroad mainly
MuZhang, Cheng Cao
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Data as asset? The measurement, governance, and valuation of digital personal data by Big Tech

Big Data & Society, 2021
Digital personal data is increasingly framed as the basis of contemporary economies, representing an important new asset class. Control over these data assets seems to explain the emergence and dominance of so-called “Big Tech” firms, consisting of Apple,
Kean Birch, DT Cochrane, Callum Ward
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Big tech, big data and the new world of digital health

Global Health Journal, 2021
This commentary shows the exponential growth of digital health and the accompanying explosion of health data. It discusses three major shifts in the global health landscape. The first will be the move of the big tech companies into healthcare, the second
Jane Thomason
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What if Facebook goes down? Ethical and legal considerations for the demise of big tech

Internet Policy Review, 2020
Society is becoming increasingly dependent on data-rich, “Big Tech” platforms and social networks, such as Facebook and Google. But what happens to our data when these companies close or fail?
Carl Öhman, Nikita Aggarwal
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Making the Car “Platform Ready”: How Big Tech Is Driving the Platformization of Automobility

Social Media + Society, 2022
“Big Tech” platform companies like Alphabet (Google), Apple, and Amazon are deeply invested in the future of automobility—from developing car-specific interfaces and self-driving technology to establishing business partnerships with automakers.
Sam Hind, Max Kanderske, Fernando van der Vlist   +2 more
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The rule of law, the separation of powers, and Big Tech [PDF]

Pravni Zapisi
The growing influence of Big Tech, backed by technological advancement and platformization, poses significant challenges to traditional concepts of the rule of law and the separation of powers.
Sahadžić Maja
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Assembling Publics: Microsoft, Cybersecurity, and Public‐Private Relations

Politics and Governance, 2023
In this article, we advance the literature on publics in international politics by exploring the nexus between publicness and big tech companies. This nexus finds a significant expression in the increasing impact of big tech companies to mediate disputes
Tobias Liebetrau, Linda Monsees
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Industriepolitik als Elitenkonflikt. Big Tech versus Industrie 4.0?

Momentum Quarterly, 2023
Dieser Beitrag zeigt, wie die gegenwärtige industriepolitische Wende in Deutschland vor dem Hintergrund sich entfaltender Elitenkonflikte verstanden werden kann. Derartige Konflikte entstehen durch die Dynamisierung der politischen Ökonomie im digitalen
Lion Hubrich
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Purpose, Values and Governance in Big Tech Companies

Bond Law Review, 2022
The private decisions of the five “Big Tech” (“BT”) companies (Facebook, Apple, Alphabet Inc, Amazon and Microsoft) have very public results as they play a significant role in social, economic and political life.
Blanaid Clarke
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