Authors:
- Defines and develops the concept of data capital: a human-created resource that goes naturally a capital
- Emphasizes a cautious optimism the connections on observing the rise of data capital and the increasing importance of data technology in the distribution of global wealth
- Brings a rigorous study on how to measure data capital and its impact on the global economy, how this has changed and will develop over time, and the latest thinking on how to assess this
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part I
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Providing the first a thorough introduction to the theory of data as capital, this book will be useful for those studying economics, data science, and business, as well as those in the financial industry who own, control, or wish to work with data resources.
Authors and Affiliations
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Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Chunlei Tang
About the author
Chunlei Tang, Ph.D., is a research fellow at Harvard University. She proposed the concept of “the Data Industry” (in 2013), who is the author of The Data Industry: The Business and Economics of Information and Big Data (published June 2016 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.). Her passion lies at the interface of Data Science along with its applications and Economics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Data Capital
Book Subtitle: How Data is Reinventing Capital for Globalization
Authors: Chunlei Tang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60192-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-60191-1Published: 01 February 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-60194-2Published: 02 February 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-60192-8Published: 31 January 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 376
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 40 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Economy/Economic Systems, Big Data/Analytics, Capital Markets