Category: Inside Out Analysis
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5 Trends That Will Dominate eCommerce in The Next Decade
25 years after Pierre Omidyar sold a broken laser pointer on the internet and Jeff Preston Bezos started an online bookstore, e-commerce business has come a long way. According to Statista, e-commerce market is worth about $3.5 Trillion in 2019, and that number is expected to grow to $6.5T by the end of 2023. With almost…
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Why every B-school should have a Payments 101 Course
Ever wondered when you swipe your shiny steel framed Black Platinum card, how exactly does money travels from your account to the merchant’s account? What happens behind the scenes when you pay for a Boba tea for your friend, and she, in turn, decides to pay you using Venmo? Or when you pay your rent…
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Trade wars and tariff brouhaha: An economic blunder at the expense of American consumers
I love the analogy one of the news anchors on CNBC used to describe recent trade wars: “Nations trying to enforce tariffs are like parents fighting each other over divorce to get a better deal for oneself. However, they forget, in the process their children, who they care about the most end up suffering.” If…
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Investing in China
1990. The Economist. China’s economy has come to a halt. 1996. The Economist. China’s economy will face a hard landing. 1998. The Economist: China’s economy entering a dangerous period of sluggish growth. 1999. Bank of Canada: Likelihood of a hard landing for the Chinese economy. 2000. Chicago Tribune: China currency move nails hard landing risk…
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From Idea to AMANCOIN: How I Built My Own Cryptocurrency (and How You Can Too in 7 Steps!)
In this article, I will give you a recipe to create your own simple cryptocurrency with little effort and pretty much no programming experience! To keep things straightforward, we will be using Ethereum based ERC-20 token. ERC stands for Ethereum Request for Comments. To learn more about ERC-20 standard take a look at this wiki page. We…