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Aug 30, 2017
لقد سهلت التقنيات والمنصات الرقمية ظهور أشكال جديدة من منصات العملات والمعاملات، حيث دعمت مختلف طرق تبادل القيمة. يستكشف هذا المنظور التحليلي تغيير الطرق التي نتعامل بها والآثار المجتمعية المرتبطة بذلك.
Commentary
Apr 21, 2017
As the U.S. Treasury Department and its partners have denied terrorists access to the international financial system, new digital currencies could become an attractive alternative. They could be used for money laundering or to pay the personnel and vendors that keep the terrorist machine running.
Research
Dec 16, 2015
This report examines the feasibility for non-state actors, including terrorist and insurgent groups,to increase their political and/or economic power by deploying a virtual currency (VC) for use in regular economic transactions.
تبحث هذه الدراسة في قدرة جهات فاعلة غير حكوميّة، بما في ذلك المجموعات الإرهابيّة والمتمرّدة، على زيادة نفوذها السياسيّ و/أو الاقتصاديّ عن طريق نشر العملات الافتراضيّة كوسيلة للعمليّات الاقتصاديّة العاديّة.
Oct 8, 2013
By default, browsers generally are set to automatically allow online tracking, but there may be a better way to make sure consumers decide whether or not they want to allow advertisers to sniff at their digital footprints, writes Steven Isley.
Press
Jun 1, 2009
The RAND Corporation announced today that it has revised the suggested retail pricing on all RAND e-books to $9.95 each. RAND e-books are available through a wide variety of wholesale and retail partners.
Jan 1, 2008
Subjective probabilistic judgments about future module prices of 26 current and emerging photovoltaic (PV) technologies were obtained from 18 PV technology experts.
Jul 16, 2003
The United States will continue to lead the information technology revolution for years to come because U.S. businesses are focused on innovation, Americans readily accept change, and the U.S. government provides an environment hospitable to IT business development.
Jan 1, 2003
Projects the impact of information technology and the "information revolution" on areas across the globe for the next 10 to 15 years.
Jan 1, 1998
Outlines the first steps in an emerging international dialogue on the promise and potential problems of cyberspace as an economic environment. Part of an international undertaking to examine financial crime concerns.
This article discusses the impact of the revolution in electronic commerce ("e-commerce") at three social levels: consumers, firms, and nations. At the consumer level, the technology tends to have a magnifying effect: realizing the retail potential f...
Jan 1, 1991
Considers where the Department of Defense (DOD) should focus its limited resources to implement this powerful new capability, Electronic data interchange (EDI), in ways that will enhance its effectiveness ...
