Andrea Lagna
@andrealagna.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Information Systems at The University of Manchester #AI #Fintech lagna.io
A special welcome to the inaugural cohort of MSc Digital Transformation students at Alliance Manchester Business School! 🎉 As Program Director, it’s a privilege to open this new chapter with talented students and colleagues. 🤗📚 #AMBS #OriginalThinkingApplied #DigitalTransformation #Sustainability
September 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A special welcome to the inaugural cohort of MSc Digital Transformation students at Alliance Manchester Business School! 🎉 As Program Director, it’s a privilege to open this new chapter with talented students and colleagues. 🤗📚 #AMBS #OriginalThinkingApplied #DigitalTransformation #Sustainability
Great to present my paper “Theorizing the Sustainability Paradox of AI” with Sun Hye Lee at the Theorizing Data & AI workshop, VU Amsterdam. We study how firms strategize for sustainable AI. Join the convo and fantastic community: www.linkedin.com/groups/93605... #AI #Sustainability #DigitalStrategy
May 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Great to present my paper “Theorizing the Sustainability Paradox of AI” with Sun Hye Lee at the Theorizing Data & AI workshop, VU Amsterdam. We study how firms strategize for sustainable AI. Join the convo and fantastic community: www.linkedin.com/groups/93605... #AI #Sustainability #DigitalStrategy
The financialization of the state continues
April 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The financialization of the state continues
Start-ups developing AI-powered apps have attracted $8.2bn of funding in 2024. Competition heats up in the app layer of the Generative AI stack.
April 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Start-ups developing AI-powered apps have attracted $8.2bn of funding in 2024. Competition heats up in the app layer of the Generative AI stack.
...and what about RenTech's Medallion Fund?!
April 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
...and what about RenTech's Medallion Fund?!
March 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My article Asset Manager Capitalism and the Political Economy of AI now has a home in Review of IPE—with volume and issue numbers! 🤓 If you're interested in exploring AI-driven market power and ways to democratize the age of AI, check it out and let’s connect! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My article Asset Manager Capitalism and the Political Economy of AI now has a home in Review of IPE—with volume and issue numbers! 🤓 If you're interested in exploring AI-driven market power and ways to democratize the age of AI, check it out and let’s connect! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Developing classes for a new course titled Organizing and Managing Change in the Digital Age. It's nice to go back to Orlikowski's duality of tech. A truly foundational statement.
March 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Developing classes for a new course titled Organizing and Managing Change in the Digital Age. It's nice to go back to Orlikowski's duality of tech. A truly foundational statement.
"The most damaging consequence of the contemporary financial system is not simply recurrent financial crises, but a widening social divide between the haves and have-nots." Such an amazing book by Lin and Neely. Check it out. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
March 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"The most damaging consequence of the contemporary financial system is not simply recurrent financial crises, but a widening social divide between the haves and have-nots." Such an amazing book by Lin and Neely. Check it out. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Although the material properties of tech are common to everyone, tech affordances are not. We should qualify that few organizations have enough power to get exclusive tech deals (e.g., on datasets)
March 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Although the material properties of tech are common to everyone, tech affordances are not. We should qualify that few organizations have enough power to get exclusive tech deals (e.g., on datasets)
Hated. Adored. Never ignored. Glory Man Utd! 🇾🇪Beware the impact of badly done #LBO. Might soon be the future of Liverpool too. on.ft.com/43pGwMq
March 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hated. Adored. Never ignored. Glory Man Utd! 🇾🇪Beware the impact of badly done #LBO. Might soon be the future of Liverpool too. on.ft.com/43pGwMq
The hidden cost of AI and Big Tech’s data center boom? A staggering $5.4bn hit to US public health. As data infrastructure grows, so does pollution—and the burden falls on communities. Time for firms and policymakers to focus squarely on #sustainableAI. [screenshot from FT article]
February 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The hidden cost of AI and Big Tech’s data center boom? A staggering $5.4bn hit to US public health. As data infrastructure grows, so does pollution—and the burden falls on communities. Time for firms and policymakers to focus squarely on #sustainableAI. [screenshot from FT article]
Blackstone is ready to invest more in data center infrastructure as alternative asset, although AI compute may decrease following DeepSeek's innovation. on.ft.com/4gqNeVj
January 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Blackstone is ready to invest more in data center infrastructure as alternative asset, although AI compute may decrease following DeepSeek's innovation. on.ft.com/4gqNeVj
January 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"Predominantly young men with broadly libertarian, right-leaning views are now in control of some of the most mainstream media platforms, with basically no internal or external oversight" on.ft.com/40MrNJV
January 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"Predominantly young men with broadly libertarian, right-leaning views are now in control of some of the most mainstream media platforms, with basically no internal or external oversight" on.ft.com/40MrNJV
Good way to map the generative AI stack. Particularly interesting the focus on 'agentic orchestration layer' with software frameworks like LangChain and crewAI. www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/is...
January 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Good way to map the generative AI stack. Particularly interesting the focus on 'agentic orchestration layer' with software frameworks like LangChain and crewAI. www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/is...
Important editorial by Pan et al. in the Journal of Strategic Information Systems addressing the big question of AI strategy. This is quite a set of research questions regarding how and when data and AI create business value. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 22, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Important editorial by Pan et al. in the Journal of Strategic Information Systems addressing the big question of AI strategy. This is quite a set of research questions regarding how and when data and AI create business value. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Not an accurate picture of Microsoft's AI power. Microsoft has lagged for years (due to Wintel) and lacks a significant amount of its own Maia chips to train models. Still, interesting data. #AIrace on.ft.com/3VIcXkA
December 18, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Not an accurate picture of Microsoft's AI power. Microsoft has lagged for years (due to Wintel) and lacks a significant amount of its own Maia chips to train models. Still, interesting data. #AIrace on.ft.com/3VIcXkA
Made it to Bangkok! Let's start with a fantastic workshop organized by @silviahedley.bsky.social and Jolanta Kowal aptly titled The Shape of ICT4D to Come - Future Perspectives on Digital Development #ICIS2024
December 15, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Made it to Bangkok! Let's start with a fantastic workshop organized by @silviahedley.bsky.social and Jolanta Kowal aptly titled The Shape of ICT4D to Come - Future Perspectives on Digital Development #ICIS2024
Tech laggard here🙋♂️ I didn't know there are cams outside planes now. I'm all 🤩😮
December 13, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Tech laggard here🙋♂️ I didn't know there are cams outside planes now. I'm all 🤩😮
Leaving Manchester on a grey day, en route to Bangkok for the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2024. Look forward to many insightful convo with amazing colleagues.
December 13, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Leaving Manchester on a grey day, en route to Bangkok for the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2024. Look forward to many insightful convo with amazing colleagues.
Data management technologies have evolved significantly. Yet, this 1988 classic by Goodhue, Quillard, & Rockart remains so relevant in the age of data-driven AI. One lesson: align data management with business strategies.
December 13, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Data management technologies have evolved significantly. Yet, this 1988 classic by Goodhue, Quillard, & Rockart remains so relevant in the age of data-driven AI. One lesson: align data management with business strategies.
Digital innovation delivered transformative tech but concentrated value within big tech, amplifying societal inequities and externalities. Fantastic ISR editorial calling for interdisciplinary research on how to design tech for a human-centered digital future. pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/...
December 12, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Digital innovation delivered transformative tech but concentrated value within big tech, amplifying societal inequities and externalities. Fantastic ISR editorial calling for interdisciplinary research on how to design tech for a human-centered digital future. pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/...