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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study presents an analysis of the literature on artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and internet of things (IoT) for the sustainable development of the service industry of freight transport and logistics service providers (LSPs).
Roberto Cerchione +2 more
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BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DISINTERMEDIATION AND ITS EFFECT IN B2C RELATIONSHIP [PDF]
, 2021 Objectives To establish a comprehensive understanding of blockchain-based disintermediation and its effect on B2C relationships, the first critical thing to identify is the promising features of blockchain.
Pham, Yen
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Voucher tokenisation using blockchain and smart contracts to support people in need
South African Journal of ScienceIn South Africa, many people are homeless or doing informal work for which they receive small amounts of cash from caring individuals. The world is moving towards cashless transactions, but devices are needed to support that move.
Tricia Harraway, James Bekker
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Formation of Distance‐Based Orientation: Political Identity through Relational Positioning in Israel
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Distance‐based orientation describes how pejorative labels may serve as anchor points for political identity. Existing research on political labeling has largely emphasized stigmatization, overlooking how labels may acquire durability and orienting capacity without losing pejorative force. Drawing on publicly circulating discourse, we trace positioning
Tammar Friedman, Asaf Saadon
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Asset managers, private equity firms and other institutional investors have assumed an increasingly important role in the ownership and management of housing and infrastructure since the Global Financial Crisis. This article analyses how social housing in London is being transformed into a financial asset through an analysis of ‘income strip ...
Aretousa Bloom, Joe Penny
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Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 2023 After 25 years into the airlines distribution industry's aggressive middleman bypass, the disruption generated by disintermediation must have reduced costs and increased efficiency as current unbiased information aggregators are proliferated and the ...
Kuangnen Cheng
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Developmental or Liberal? How Japan and South Korea Diffuse Hybrid Financial Market Norms
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT East Asian economies have become major creditors in recent decades. However, while existing studies address the macroeconomic impact on the global economy of capital flows from East Asian economies, the impact of norm and policy diffusion that accompany such flows has received relatively little attention.
Yaechan Lee, Saori N. Katada
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Some issues in disintermediation and securitization [PDF]
Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2005 Securitization has become prevalent in many countries, and has substantial impact on government monetary policy and fiscal policy which have not yet been adequately analyzed in the existing literature. This article develops optimal conditions for efficient securitization, identifies constraints on securitization, and analyzes the interactions of ...
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How Regulatory Costs Impede Financial Technology Gains
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While financial technology innovation lowers intermediation costs, regulatory frictions may prevent these gains from reaching long‐term investors and borrowers. Using variation in retail investor participation driven by state securities registration lapses in peer‐to‐peer lending, we demonstrate that regulatory frictions are associated with ...
Shyam Venkatesan +2 more
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Ambitions and Limits of Financial Disintermediation in the Euro Area
, 2017 This paper deals with the causes and consequences of the financial disintermediation that for some time has been taking place in Europe, particularly since the last financial crisis.
Jean-Paul Pollin +4 more
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