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This threatens entrenched barriers to entry, including the high costs of obtaining the financial, physical, and human capital necessary to compete.

Anthony Williams • Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything

When formal charges were read in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag, just before midnight on April 5, they seemed indisputable. Investigators estimated the loss at 2 billion kronor, more than Sweden’s national debt.8

Frank Partnoy • The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals

Sophisticated fake news attacks targeting financial markets have become increasingly common. In 2016, fraudsters created an exact replica of a reputable news site and published false allegations about French construction giant Vinci SA's accounting practices. The result was immediate—a staggering 18% drop in the company's share price, erasing 6 bil... See more

Yasin Dus • Council Post: The Disinformation Market: Battling Fake News In Finance

Neither of these can be sustainable in the longer-term, and blockchain-based technologies may help shift the balance of power to a model of enhanced copyright protection and fair revenue-based models based on new distribution structures.

Tim Lea • Blockchain: Down The Rabbit Hole: (Discover The Power Of The Blockchain)

A decade or so ago Hare-Brown noticed a rise in insurance companies offering cyber-crime policies, and thought there might be demand for a firm that could perform risk assessments and investigations for them. He started STORM Guidance in 2014, and Shah came on board five years later.

Amanda Chicago Lewis • Secrets of a ransomware negotiator

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Sunil Gupta • Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business

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Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace

Today, we google for everything, mostly information or products. Tomorrow, we will perform the equivalent of “googling” to verify records, identities, authenticity, rights, work done, titles, contracts, and other valuable asset-related processes. There will be digital ownership certificates for everything.

William Mougayar • The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology

EVER-SMARTER COMPUTERS: FRIEND OR FOE?