The Economist Intelligence Unit: Digital Economy Podcast
1) Digital Economy: Digital manufacturing
This episode examines the potential, the challenges and the future of two dimensions of digital manufacturing. Firstly, the integration of digital functionality in manufacturing processes to monitor, ...Show More
2) Digital Economy: The future of payments
The payments ecosystem has witnessed a blossoming of digital innovation in recent times, from the back-end infrastructure to the point of sale. Now, ‘big tech’ is entering the fray. This episode exami...Show More
3) Digital Economy: Digital skills
As cloud computing, network connectivity, and commodity hardware have reduced barriers to the technical infrastructure of the digital economy, talent and skills have emerged as the most sought after f...Show More
4) Digital Economy: The digitisation of healthcare
There can be few applications of digital technology more worthwhile than saving lives, but integrating digital technology into healthcare systems is uniquely complex. This episode provides an introduc...Show More
5) Digital Economy: Global digital culture
Nothing spreads faster and further on the internet than ideas. This month’s episode examines the global spread of culture, and in particular youth culture, and its implications for international busin...Show More
6) Digital Economy: The digitisation of trade
This month, we examine the impact of digitisation on trade. We explore how digital technology is affecting the way goods are shipped around the world, the impact of e-commerce on global trade, and the...Show More
7) Digital Economy: Thingonomics
In this episode, we investigate the microeconomics of the internet of things (IoT) to discover how businesses large and small can make connected products work commercially. Host Pete Swabey is joined ...Show More
8) Digital Economy: The audible internet
This episode of The EIU Digital Economy podcast explores how the growing prevalence of smart speakers and other audio technologies will change the internet and organisations that use it to reach their...Show More
9) Digital Economy: Digital democracy
This episode of The EIU Digital Economy podcast explores the impact of digital technology on democracy. Host Pete Swabey is joined from New York by Professor Beth Simone Noveck, founder and director o...Show More
10) Digital Economy: Asia’s digital rise
This episode of The EIU Digital Economy podcast explores the growing influence of Asian companies in the global digital economy. To discuss why companies in China and beyond have quickly emerged as di...Show More