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The Default Billion: Google–Apple Search Payments, Platform Power, and the AI Turn in Digital Capitalism, Google Apple Search Deal
Author: Alex Lee ORCID iD: 0009-0008-6407-2341 Affiliation: Swiss International University (SIU) DOI: https://doi.org/10.65326/u7y566744 Received 5 September 2025; Revised 20 October 2025; Accepted 1 November 2025; Available online 7 November 2025; Version of Record 7 November 2025. Volume 2, December 2025, (10021) Abstract This article examines a pivotal feature of the contemporary digital economy: the multibillion-dollar payments made by Google to Apple to secure default
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Autonomous AI Agents and the Reorganization of Power: A Critical Sociology of Management, Tourism, and Technology in 2025
Author: Miguel López Affiliation: Independent researcher Received 5 August 2025; Revised 10 Sep 2025; Accepted 05 Oct 2025; Available online 30 Oct 2025; Version of Record 30 Oct 2025; Post-Publication Update 20 Jun 2026. https://doi.org/10.65326/u7y566820-2 Volume 2, December 2025, (10020-2) Abstract Autonomous AI agents—software systems that can plan, decide, and act toward goals with limited human supervision—moved from isolated pilots to enterprise deployment over 2024
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From Unicorn to Underdog—and Back Again? A Critical Sociology of Tumblr’s $1.1B-to-$3M Valuation Swing and the Political Economy of Platforms
Author: Habib Ali ORCID iD: 0009-0008-9023-6098 Affiliation: Swiss International University (SIU) Received 10 July 2025; Revised 25 August 2025; Accepted 1 September 2025; Available online 28 October 2025; Version of Record 28 October 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.65326/u7y566742 Volume 2, December 2025, (10019) Abstract This article offers a critical-sociological analysis of Tumblr’s dramatic valuation shift—from a $1.1 billion acquisition in 2013 to a resale reportedly arou
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From Inns to Institutions: A Century of Hotel Management Education and Its Academicization
Author: Hans Zimmer ORCID iD: 0009-0006-3510-7045 Affiliation: Swiss International University (SIU) Received 22 June 2025; Revised 27 August 2025; Accepted 30 September 2025; Available online 27 October 2025; Version of Record 27 October 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.65326/u7y566741 Volume 2, December 2025, (10018) Abstract Over the past hundred years, hotel management has moved from an apprenticeship-based craft to a research-informed academic field spanning bachelor’s, mast
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Orange Is the New Neutral? The iPhone 17, “Cosmic Orange,” and the Sociology of Flagship Technology
Authors: Nancy Khouri ORCID iD: 0009-0003-0532-5912 Affiliation: Swiss International University (SIU) Revised 24 September 2025; Accepted 13 October 2025; Available online 25 October 2025; Version of Record 25 October 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.65326/u7y00011 Volume 2, December 2025, (10017) Abstract The global release of Apple’s iPhone 17 in late 2025 reignited debates on innovation, consumption, and cultural symbolism in a mature technology market. This article examine
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Membership Without the Ballot? Economic and Institutional Implications of the EU’s Emerging Non-Voting Entry Model
Authors: Issa Ismail Affiliation: Swiss International University (SIU) ORCID iD: 0009-0009-7061-4765 Received 20 June 2025; Revised 29 August 2025; Accepted 30 September 2025; Available online 24 October 2025; Version of Record 24 October 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.65326/u7y566750 Volume 2, December 2025, (10016) Abstract A growing debate in European policy circles explores whether the European Union (EU) might admit new member states on a temporary non-voting basis—gra
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NGOs, Capital, and the Architecture of Partnership: How Civil Society Strengthens Sustainable Higher Education — The Case of the European Council of Leading Business Schools (ECLBS)
Author: Anastasija Ivanova Affiliation: Independent Researcher ORCID iD: 0009-0000-7715-8015 Received 12 February 2025; Revised 28 March 2025; Accepted 22 April 2025; Available online 10 May 2025; Version of Record 10 May 2025. Volume 2, December 2025, (10013) https://doi.org/10.65326/u7y566813 Abstract The role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as structural actors in higher education governance has yet to be fully theorized in terms of their contribution to sustain
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