Do platforms make gig workers into experimenters or lab rats? New study . . .

Have you read Imperial Business? In our latest issue we speak to Ying-Ying Hsieh, @claudiacustodi0, @cltucci, Michelle Rogan & Tim Weiss about #TechStartups #ClimateChange, #innovation & much more 🌎 Read it here or pick up a copy on campus: imprl.biz/3zwF9eX

Experimentation is key to platforms improving services – but it's often carried out in secret and can have disastrous unintended consequences 💥 In #IBKnowledge Dr Tim Weiss shares 3 ways to avoid the hidden risks of experimenting in business 👇 imprl.biz/3qvmO0l

Experimentation is key to platforms improving services – but it's often carried out in secret and can have disastrous unintended consequences 💥 In #IBKnowledge Dr Tim Weiss shares 3 ways to avoid the hidden risks of experimenting in business 👇 imprl.biz/3qvmO0l

MBA students and alumni recently visited Kenya with Dr Tim Weiss 🌍 They visited beautiful national parks as well as local businesses Twiga Foods, Regen Organics & Brown's Food Co., and met with experts from Boston Consulting Group, AECF Africa and Global Press Journal 💡

Our new #article with Tim Weiss Robert N Eberhart 🇺🇦 🇺🇦🇺🇦 Howard Aldrich et al is out: The Social Effects of Entrepreneurship on Society and Some Potential Remedies TL;DR: bring in humanities, see it as culture, explore alternatives to entrepreneurial capitalism. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

The Social Effects of Entrepreneurship on Society and Some Potential Remedies: Four Provocations is out. We scrutinize the effects of the entrepreneurship–society nexus. Howard Aldrich Dr. Madeline Toubiana @toubiana.bsky.social Daniel P. Aldrich urbanists.social/web/@dpaldrich David Kirsch Dan Wadhwani Rachel M. B. Atkins @brentdg2 and many more

Presented my work on #caste and #entrepreneurship among marginalisedgroups in #GlobalSouth at #EGOS2023. A super insightful experience at my first in-person Elvis Gosnet ! Thanks for organising #subtheme23 Tim Weiss Ignasi Martí @NevenaRadoynovska #entrepreneurshipinsociety #phdlife

The Financial Times said "highly commended" for best academic research with societal impact. Check out our summary video of study published in Academy of Management AcademyOfManagement m.youtube.com/watch?v=_mTuLe… #experiments #experimentation #platforms #gigwork #gigeconomy #Labor

Congratulations to Dr Tim Weiss whose paper 'The Experimental Hand' has been highly commended for best academic research by the Financial Times 👏 🎉 Read about the awards here ⬇️ imprl.biz/498mTrZ

Great new Organization Science paper by Tim Weiss, Michael Lounsbury, and Gary Bruton on the creative ways that entrepreneurs use to run their businesses in urban poverty contexts in order to survive and thrive. (The full paper can be found here: bit.ly/survivalistorg…).

How it is possible for a digital labour platform to determine your next job, pay, and visibility to prospective employers? 🤔 Dr Tim Weiss [Tim Weiss] was featured in the Financial Times on his research around organisations conducting undisclosed digital trials. ↓ imprl.biz/3Vppc6m

Why do identical informal businesses set up side by side? It’s a survival tactic – Kenya study theconversation.com/why-do-identic… via .The Conversation Africa

Why do identical informal businesses set up side by side? It’s a survival tactic! theconversation.com/why-do-identic… 💻 Time Weiss, Imperial College London London #BusinessAndEconomy

📣 Applications for the Black Founder Challenge Programme are open! Led by venture capitalist Andy Davis, the programme is open to all postgrad and PhD students of Black heritage from a UK university & is also open to Black heritage Imperial alumni. ↓ imprl.biz/3x432fO

Why do identical informal businesses set up side by side? 💡 Tim Weiss discusses how an informal social welfare system in African countries is critical because it provides stable employment & insurance at considerable scale. Read in: The Conversation ↓ imprl.biz/4avYcX7

Why you should work with your business rivals? 💼 In this week's #IBKnowledge, Tim Weiss explains how harnessing the 'collaborative edge in your workplace or business can be extremely powerful'. Read more 🔗 imprl.biz/3vTNzyH

🌍 Join us as Imperial academics unveil groundbreaking research tackling Africa's grand challenges! Don't miss this insightful event on 17th July: eventbrite.co.uk/e/africa-innov… #GrandChallenges #Africa #SocialImpact📅✨

A massive congratulations to Tim Weiss for winning the prestigious Aboyeji medal, awarded by Harambeans for his research, writing and teaching about the role of entrepreneurs in African societies 🙌 👏 ⭐️

Urban informal economies are thriving, yet they are at odds with—and risk being disrupted by development policies of governments, aid agencies, and for-profit actors. Joel Bothello & Tim Weiss share insights from their fieldwork in Nairobi and Cape Town. ssir.org/articles/entry…