The digital economy is characterized by so-called infinite shelf space, zero marginal cost, increasing returns, and friction-free transactions. These other factors have made crypto currencies an attractive alternative to fiat currency. This essay focuses on the larger implications of cryptocurrency its role in economy. While cryptocurrencies appear be ideal for era, they also some serious limit...

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The aim of this special issue is to provide insights into the use of Operational Research (OR) applications in the context of the digital economy and electronic commerce (e-commerce) technologies. The term ‘‘digital economy’’ (or Internet economy) refers to all the economic and social activities that are enabled by the Internet and the other Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Th...

C. Murphy Horizon Digital Economy Research Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham Nottingham [email protected]. uk R. J. Houghton Horizon Digital Economy Research Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham Nottingham +44 (0) 115 8232587 Robert.Houghton@Nottingham. ac.uk A. Spence Horizon Digital Economy Research Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham Nottingham +44 (0) 115 8232585 A...

Many researchers are concerned about the appropriateness of traditional research approaches and methodologies in the analysis of a digital economy. Using the Experimental Digital Economy (EDE), a new technology infrastructure that we have developed for a digital economy, we propose a new research methodology, a virtual field experiment, which makes it feasible and effective to test research hyp...