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The digital growth that has resulted from the #COVID19 pandemic shows the capacity for technology to add value to our society, but it has also revealed how fragile these tools — and people’s trust in them — can be.

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2 Mar

What does it take to build digital trust? Our @HBR article takes a deep dive into how trust varies across the globe: https://bit.ly/2Ohyi4w
Explore our #DII report, developed in partnership with @Akamai, @_BlueTriangle, @globalwebindex & @Mastercard: https://bit.ly/3kDFmVm

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1 Mar

Director of Digital Planet Research Ravi Chaturvedi (@Je_suis_Ravi) shares an assessment of Reliance Industries’ diversification and investments into #technology ventures in @qzindia: https://qz.com/india/1978429/mukesh-ambanis-ril-buys-stake-in-skytran-for-pod-taxi-technology/

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How Digital Trust Varies Across the World | Harvard Business Review

Did Big Tech Save the World From an Even Bigger Economic Meltdown? | Bhaskar Chakravorti in Foreign Policy

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Pandemic exposed the existing societal framework as unsustainable | Bhaskar Chakravorti in The Indian Express

Which Economies Showed the Most Digital Progress in 2020? | Digital Planet Research in Harvard Business Review

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How Digital Trust Varies Across the World | Harvard Business Review

Did Big Tech Save the World From an Even Bigger Economic Meltdown? | Bhaskar Chakravorti in Foreign Policy

Amazon, Starbucks and Other Tech Giants Volunteer to Assist in the Covid-19 Vaccination Effort

Digital in the Time of COVID: The Digital Intelligence Index

Student Research | Franchising Underground Finance: Creative Remittances as Explained by Nia

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A game theorist’s advice to President Trump on filling the Supreme Court seat | Bhaskar Chakravorti in The Hill

Abandoning Globalization Will Only Hurt U.S. Businesses | Professor Thomas Holt in Harvard Business Review