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Platforms and exploitation in informational capitalism [PDF]

, 2021
openaire   +1 more source

Digital habitus and the sociotechnical transformation of everyday life in the United Arab Emirates: a hybrid framework of governmentality, surveillance capitalism, and Gulf state modernity. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Abulbasher A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Artificial intelligence and venture capital: Revisiting sourcing, selection, and nurturing activities

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Venture capital (VC) is an information‐intensive form of entrepreneurial finance conducted under extreme uncertainty. Investors must originate promising opportunities, select ventures with sparse and strategically disclosed information, and monitor and support firms after investment.
Gary Dushnitsky
wiley   +1 more source

“Where’s the Vibe?” How to Avoid Getting Stuck in Outdated Cultural Criticism and Reclaim Reflection in the Social Media Discussion

Социология власти
This paper examines the characteristic features of contemporary left-wing cultural critique of social media on an example of the writings of Geert Lovink, a Dutch media theorist and founder of the Institute of Network Cultures.
E. V. Kolpinets
doaj  

Exploring the impact of legislative absences on the working environment of gig workers in South Africa. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Gwele Z, Mabaso C, Knight X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Theorizing future phenomena: Metaverse, wearables, and humanoids

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary We propose that entrepreneurship and strategy research can develop theory about phenomena of the future rather than only explain those of the past. Research has potential for practical relevance when researchers make claims towards applications to decisions practitioners have yet to make.
Andy Wu, Ronald Wang
wiley   +1 more source

The Process of Valorization in the Platform Capitalism

AbstractIn this essay, I use two different words to express the concept of productive human activity. The first is the Latin term ‘labor’, whose etymology means ‘pain’, ‘punishment’, ‘torture’, ‘suffering’. The second one is the term ‘opus’, again from Latin, which means creative activity that unleashes the human being’s capacity for doing and thinking.
openaire   +1 more source

Relational Ontology in a Digital World: Integrating African Personhood and Platformized Nursing. [PDF]

Nurs Philos
Bayuo J.
europepmc   +1 more source

When money isn't everything: Identifying stage‐based patterns of entrepreneurial resource acquisition

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Scholars often examine how entrepreneurs' existing ties predict resource acquisition. We investigated the reverse: How does the act of pitching generate new ties with investors? Using the context of the Slow Money community, we analyzed social entrepreneurs' pitches to impact investors.
Esther Leibel, Denise Falchetti, Siobhan O'Mahony   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

State-amplified platform inequality: The economic geography of digital cultural policy in China. [PDF]

PLoS One
Su LD, Pang ZH, Tan ZH, Wen ZX, Ren M, Zhang Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source