What role do Mobile Apps play in the rise of the Global Digital Economy?
Abstract
Mobile platforms act as catalytic conduits for data, commerce and innovation, compressing space and time to enable instantaneous exchange and emergent markets; by lowering barriers to entry, tailoring services through algorithmic selection and enabling scale, apps drive productivity, reshape labor and redistribute opportunity across borders, producing a digital ecosystem whose evolutionary dynamics mirror natural selection and cosmological order.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Digital Platforms and Economics
Digital Economy and Work Transformation
Digital Economy and Transformation
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Figshare
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026