??? 3 Circular Economy Regulations for 2025; Role of Digitization in Circularity; How DeepSeek is Disrupting the AI Sector—All in TheNTWK №203!

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TheNTWK is an ecosystem of companies and institutions committed to digital business innovation with a special focus on the circular economy.

If you are building platforms, connecting ecosystems, and driving circular solutions then TheNTWK is your ideal transformation partner. We help you build knowledge, align teams, foster collaboration, and leverage the power of platform ecosystems to create more value for customers and partners. How can we help you?

?? What’s Your Biggest Innovation Challenge? ??

Innovation comes with challenges—what’s the biggest hurdle you’re facing? As we shape the agenda for TheNTWK Summit 2025, we want to hear from you! The innovation landscape is evolving fast—with AI, platform ecosystems, sustainability, and other technology trends reshaping digital business strategies.

Vote now and share your thoughts on the key issues shaping the future of digital business!

Your input will help define the agenda of TheNTWK Summit 2025—where industry leaders, experts, and innovators will come together to tackle their most pressing challenges in the digital economy today.

?? When: May 22, 2025

?? Where: Barcelona, Spain

CALL FOR PAPERS | 12th Annual Platform Research Symposium

Marshall Van Alstyne and Geoff Parker invite you to submit your best platform research to the Boston University Platform Summit.

They will offer the Alessandro di Fiore best paper prize, a $1,000 award for the best research on any topic of platform relevance.

Please upload your submissions by April 11, 2025. Authors will be notified of decisions on or around May 11, 2025.

Please do not hesitate to forward this invitation to others who are currently working on platform research. The symposium will be held at the Boston University Center for Data Science. Discover more details.

MUST SEE by NTWKers

As soon as you join TheNTWK, you'll get access to all the best resources and news that our NTWKers share inside the community:

?? Platforms & Marketplaces: Trust is an essential success factor for online marketplaces. Resale markets have added complexity around confidence in authenticity, condition, and trade-in values. Read more.

?? Ecosystems: Julian Kawohl and Catherine Schoendorff ???? explored the transformative power of ecosystems and the growing importance of sustainability as a business model. Watch the discussion.

?? Circular Economy & Sustainability: NTWKer Henrik Hvid Jensen has a new article about the role of digitization in circular business model transformation. Read more.

?? Circular Economy & Sustainability: The shift from linear to circular business models is key to a more sustainable future. Here are the key pieces of EU legislation that are driving circularity innovation. Read more.

?? AI & Emerging Technology: Turbulent times lay ahead as Chinese AI startup DeepSeek disrupts the AI industry and wipes $600B off Nvidia's market cap, the single biggest one-day stock decline in history. Read more.

??Business Innovation: Not every entrepreneur is a founder. INSEAD describes how acquiring existing businesses offers an equally valid approach to entrepreneurship with a significantly higher success rate. Read more.

Events You Can Find in TheNTWK Community

TheNTWK Events calendar includes our community events and the best external events around platforms & marketplaces, ecosystems, circular economy, and emerging technologies.

Building Platforms. Connecting Ecosystems. Empowering Circular Solutions.