Defining Blockchain

Maybe the reason there is so much confusion and dismissal of blockchain is that we're trying too hard to answers the "what" questions, rather than finding the shortest possible answers to the "why" questions? Kevin Werbach's recent Linkedin op-ed is an attempt at the latter.

Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Resilience in Networked Systems

Coronavirus Crisis Vindicates the FCC’s ‘Net Neutrality’ Rollback

The widespread imposition of stay-at-home orders has underscored the critical role that access to the internet plays in modern society. Some countries have done a better job than others in deploying high-quality and robust network infrastructure. Christopher Yoo discusses this in his recent Wall Street Journal op-ed.

Communication
Computer and Information Science
Law

Resilience in Networked Systems

Analytics, Risk and the 21st Century Supply Chain

In light of the recent disruption to the world economy, making use of both Blockchain and Location Intelligence technologies will allow managers to better identify risk and respond early when a pending supply disruption arises. Raghu Iyengar offers some insight into how the risk manager of the future may make use of these tools.

Marketing

Resilience in Networked Systems

Rethinking microeconomics

Economics professor Rakesh Vohra has spent the past five years reimagining the design of the intermediate microeconomics course, resulting in a new book and a new course structure. The approach is unique, and this academic year every full-time student taking intermediate microeconomics is taking Vohra’s innovative version.

Economics
Electrical and Systems Engineering

Resilience in Networked Systems

Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Gamble

Facebook, the world’s largest social network, with more than 2.4 billion monthly users, is developing a cryptocurrency that has the potential to reshape the global financial landscape. Kevin Werbach discusses how the tech giant's Libra project could change the way we bank⁠—if it ever becomes reality.

Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Resilience in Networked Systems

A New Initiative on the Economics of Digital Services: Providing a Foundation for Evidence-Based Decision-Making

On November 3, 2019, the Knight Foundation made a $350,000 investment in a new project at Penn as part of a $3.5 million initiative to inform the national debate on rules, norms and governance of the internet and digital platforms. Rakesh Vohra and Christopher Yoo share details on their project.

Electrical and Systems Engineering
Law

Resilience in Networked Systems

Three modern office buildings with corporative logos in Vilnius

Is Huawei a national security threat?

Christopher Yoo, professor of law, communication, and computer and information science, describes why the Chinese technology company has become a hot topic of conversation in national security circles.

Communication
Computer and Information Science
Law

Resilience in Networked Systems

Diagonal chain, a blockchain concept, gray closeup

Wharton prof explains Facebook’s new currency

In a Q&A with Penn Today, Kevin Werbach explains Facebook’s latest venture: “Libra” cryptocurrency, whether it’s actually a cryptocurrency, Facebook’s interest in it, and looming regulatory challenges.

Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Resilience in Networked Systems

What Does Risk-Based Regulation Mean?

"In a world where risks are omnipresent, complex, and potentially extremely costly, taking a risk-based approach to regulation is essential," writes Cary Coglianese. Read more in his recent Regulatory Review op-ed.

Law
Political Science

Resilience in Networked Systems

The Real Reason for Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency

Facebook says its new cryptocurrency, Libra, is a tool for financial inclusion and disrupting the world’s cumbersome payment systems. In reality, there is a deeper motivation behind it, although not the one its critics imagine: Libra is the last, best hope to re-establish trust between Facebook and the world, writes Kevin Werbach.

Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Resilience in Networked Systems

News

Defining Blockchain

Coronavirus Crisis Vindicates the FCC’s ‘Net Neutrality’ Rollback

Analytics, Risk and the 21st Century Supply Chain

Rethinking microeconomics

Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Gamble

A New Initiative on the Economics of Digital Services: Providing a Foundation for Evidence-Based Decision-Making

Is Huawei a national security threat?

Wharton prof explains Facebook’s new currency

What Does Risk-Based Regulation Mean?

The Real Reason for Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency