There’s a global standoff going on about who stores your data. A number of countries, including South Africa, India and Indonesia, recently boycotted a global agreement on data flows, pushing for more of their citizens’ data to be stored on home soil. Some have complained about what they see as “digital colonialism” by Big Tech companies. But Jacqueline Hicks warns that the economic benefits to developing countries of this so-called ‘data localisation’ drive aren’t clear cut - and depend on what kind of data is being stored and where.
Traditional banks are haunted by financial technology - fintech - firms. Kamal A Munir and Hamza Mudassir explain how they found several blind spots among banks who get hit the hardest by disruption. Two stand out in particular: an over-reliance on existing competitive advantages and an inherent misunderstanding of what disruption really means for them.
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Jacqueline Hicks, University of Nottingham
Can developing countries get rich from data?
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Kamal A Munir, Cambridge Judge Business School; Hamza Mudassir, Cambridge Judge Business School
Traditional banks don't understand the challenge they face from fintech disruptors and their competitive advantage is on the wane.
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Politics + Society
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Toby Carroll, City University of Hong Kong
The most likely explanation for the unrest lies not in Beijing’s influence over the city, but rather the nature of Hong Kong government and society itself.
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I Gusti Bagus Dharma Agastia, President University
There are limitations on the ground that may hinder the realisation of Jokowi's grand vision of making Indonesia a global maritime power.
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Science + Technology
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Andrew Norton, The Open University
The discovery of a huge planet orbiting a small star challenges our understanding of planet formation.
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Mike W Morley, Flinders University; Paul Goldberg, University of Wollongong; Richard 'Bert' Roberts, University of Wollongong
Denisova Cave in Siberia has a rich fossil history of early humans - and deposits of droppings from hyenas, wolves and even bears, according to a new analysis of the cave's dirt floor.
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Adriano Reis e Lameira, University of St Andrews
You wouldn't think a kazoo could tell you much about the origins of language. But you'd be wrong.
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Danny C Price, Swinburne University of Technology
The Universe is mind-bogglingly large and with the latest technology, the search is only just starting to heat up.
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Environment + Energy
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Zita Sebesvari, United Nations University
If nothing is done now, seas could rise a metre by 2100, and four metres by 2300.
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Marco Fusi, Edinburgh Napier University
Oxygen produced by these plants helps animals boost their metabolism to match the heat.
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