My business predictions for 2023
📷 Companies Happy New Year! 🎉 Here are my business predictions for 2023: 1/ Cash is king and with higher interest rates more industry consolidation will happen (e.g. food delivery, streaming, micromobility etc) 2/ Disney’s stock lost 44% YTD, hence they have brought back their legendary CEO from retirement. Bob Iver’s strategy in the […]
A-star employees and inflation
📸 Eurostat During this period is the end-year review for most employees. A time for reflection and getting feedback for the year that passed to be better in 2023. 2022 will not be only characterised by the war Russia provoked over Ukraine, but also by high inflation. Unofficially, this is around 30% for food […]
Predicting the World Cup 2022 winner with AI
EA Sports algorythm has succesfully identified the World Cup winner for the 4th consecutive time in a row. Not only this, but also: – the Golden Ball – the Golden Glove Other predictions usinh Python (pytorch or keras libraries) suggested that Argentina would stop in the semifinals. What can I say? God’s plan… 🇦🇷 […]
on Artificial Intelligence
Next week I will cover some key areas to applied Artificial Intelligence (AI), explaining also some technicalities on how it works and where the commercial impact will be the most significant. Chips are the new nuclear weapons. There are important dates that will go down in history: → 24th February 2023 – when Russia […]
Determinants of the Individual Decision to Travel Less during the COVID-19 Pandemic
A research paper has been published – together with Isabelle Biclesanu and Iulia Şulea: “Determinants of the Individual Decision to Travel Less during the COVID-19 Pandemic” Just looking around we can see that travelling is disrupted: from where you go, how you travel and what you do once you are there. “Prudence” and “anxiety” […]
Microsoft – Activision Blizzard
<< The European Commission has opened an “in-depth investigation” into Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard>> (nme.com) Activision Blizzard is the parent company of World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, Candy Crush, Diablo and many more gaming studios. In 99% of the cases authorities go for companies in the “consumer” category, not enterprise. Nobody […]
Apple Arcade revenue
The gaming market is traditionally dominated by companies with a rich tradition. Even companies that are considered new, such as Roblox or Unity, were launched in 2004, respectively 2005. Slowly, but surely, new players are disrupting this market too. All eyes are on the mobile market.
Consumer VR Ecosystem – Games
It’s been 6 years since the famous photo of Mark Zuckerberg entering the conference room full of people wearing Oculus at Mobile World Congress and the VR market is still blocked in the “Innovators” category. Like always, crossing the chasm is the real challenge. Looking at the gaming market ($ 182 bn – without […]
The gaming ecosystem
Playing is innately human. I play with my 2-year-old 🐥 , but also I play online with someone from South Africa. This is the beauty of not knowing their languages, but understanding each other perfectly. I’ve chosen gaming as a research field because it is the fastest growing form of media globally. In business, like […]
2022 Global Games Market
We see a rush towards gaming (e.g. Netflix, TikTok), but below are the numbers. Not all players can access the overall $300 bn market, because…China & regulations. But who are the actors in the gaming ecosystem? 1/ Content production ranges from the tiniest independent developers to the largest teams, or triple-A developers. 2/ Then […]