Nir Kshetri
Biographic Data
| ID | 369809 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nir Kshetri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nir |
| FAMILY NAME | Kshetri |
| SIGNATURE | KSHETRI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1408-4212 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Stablecoins in the Global South
This paper examines how dollar-pegged stablecoins are reshaping financial practices across the Global South and asks to what extent their adoption represents a disruptive tool for financial inclusion for peripheral actors versus a mechanism that entrenches structural dependency and undermines policy autonomy. In many developing economies, persistent currency volatility, inflation, and limited access to formal banking have accelerated stablecoin u…
From design to decommissioning
Privacy and cybersecurity issues facing the metaverse
The metaverse presents several unique challenges from security and privacy standpoints. This paper offers a detailed description and analysis of technological environment and institutional factors that can lead to increased privacy violations and security breaches in the metaverse. On the technological front, it discusses how various features of the metaverse such as newness, novelty and complexity of technologies involved, data intensiveness and…
Transforming cybersecurity with agentic AI to combat emerging cyber threats
This paper investigates the transformative potential of agentic AI in cybersecurity, specifically addressing how it can enhance practices in response to emerging threats. It aims to explore how agentic AI can transform cybersecurity practices, particularly in addressing new and evolving threats, while also examining the cybersecurity risks associated with its integration. The research explores the possibilities for agentic AI to automate critical…
The academic industry’s response to generative artificial intelligence
Metaverse for advancing government
A number of government agencies have started deploying the Metaverse to connect better with their constituents. The Metaverse provides a rich interaction environment and has the potential to engage with, especially, the younger generation. However, the Metaverse's potential impact on the government sector has been given limited attention. This discussion paper aims to fill this void by reviewing the state of the art, analyzing possible roles of t…
Opinion Paper
Transformative artificially intelligent tools, such as ChatGPT, designed to generate sophisticated text indistinguishable from that produced by a human, are applicable across a wide range of contexts. The technology presents opportunities as well as, often ethical and legal, challenges, and has the potential for both positive and negative impacts for organisations, society, and individuals. Offering multi-disciplinary insight into some of these, …
Metaverse beyond the hype
The metaverse has the potential to extend the physical world using augmented and virtual reality technologies allowing users to seamlessly interact within real and simulated environments using avatars and holograms. Virtual environments and immersive games (such as, Second Life, Fortnite, Roblox and VRChat) have been described as antecedents of the metaverse and offer some insight to the potential socio-economic impact of a fully functional persi…
China’s Digital Yuan
This article highlights the key motivations behind China’s plan to launch the digital yuan and reviews the potential impacts on China and abroad. The article analyzes the digital yuan’s benefits to consumers, such as a reliable low-risk, low cost, and high-efficiency payment solution and the potential to promote financial inclusion. It compares the digital yuan with its most prominent competitors. Also discussed is how the digital yuan is expecte…
Blockchain as a tool to facilitate property rights protection in the Global South
The lack of a comprehensive property rights system is an issue of pressing concern in most economies in the Global South. Property rights-related issues have important social, economic and environmental consequences. This paper argues that one of the most impactful uses of blockchain in the Global South could be in the creation, implementation and enforcement of property rights. The article provides an in‐depth analysis of a blockchain-based land…
The evolution of cyber-insurance industry and market
The economics of the Internet of Things in the Global South
While the Internet of Things (IoT) is not new, its key components are becoming increasingly affordable now, which makes the technology extremely attractive for the Global South. By collecting data from various IoT sources, combining them with data from other sources and using big data analytics, decisions can be made and actions can be taken that can have important economic, social, ecological and environmental implications in these countries. Th…
Will blockchain emerge as a tool to break the poverty chain in the Global South
Just like its recent predecessors, blockchain – also known as the distributed ledger technology – is considered to have the potential to cause major economic, political and social transformations in the Global South. The visible effects of this technology are already being noted there. We present early evidence linking the use of blockchain in overcoming some economic, social and political challenges facing the Global South. The article highlight…
Cyberwarfare in the Korean Peninsula
The emerging role of Big Data in key development issues
This paper presents a review of academic literature, policy documents from government organizations and international agencies, and reports from industries and popular media on the trends in Big Data utilization in key development issues and its worthwhileness, usefulness, and relevance. By looking at Big Data deployment in a number of key economic sectors, it seeks to provide a better understanding of the opportunities and challenges of using it…
Diffusion and Effects of Cyber-Crime in Developing Economies
Cyber-crime's footprints across the developing world are getting bigger. The aim of this article is to examine the structure of cyber-crimes in developing economies. Its central idea is that economic and institutional factors facing cyber-criminals and potential victims in the developing world are different from those in the developed world. In economies characterised by low internet penetration rates and few resources devoted to fighting cyber-c…
Factors Impacting the Adoption of the Internet among SMEs
Will blockchain emerge as a tool to break the poverty chain in the Global South
Just like its recent predecessors, blockchain – also known as the distributed ledger technology – is considered to have the potential to cause major economic, political and social transformations in the Global South. The visible effects of this technology are already being noted there. We present early evidence linking the use of blockchain in overcoming some economic, social and political challenges facing the Global South. The article highlight…
Metaverse for advancing government
A number of government agencies have started deploying the Metaverse to connect better with their constituents. The Metaverse provides a rich interaction environment and has the potential to engage with, especially, the younger generation. However, the Metaverse's potential impact on the government sector has been given limited attention. This discussion paper aims to fill this void by reviewing the state of the art, analyzing possible roles of t…
The emerging role of Big Data in key development issues
This paper presents a review of academic literature, policy documents from government organizations and international agencies, and reports from industries and popular media on the trends in Big Data utilization in key development issues and its worthwhileness, usefulness, and relevance. By looking at Big Data deployment in a number of key economic sectors, it seeks to provide a better understanding of the opportunities and challenges of using it…
Diffusion and Effects of Cyber-Crime in Developing Economies
Cyber-crime's footprints across the developing world are getting bigger. The aim of this article is to examine the structure of cyber-crimes in developing economies. Its central idea is that economic and institutional factors facing cyber-criminals and potential victims in the developing world are different from those in the developed world. In economies characterised by low internet penetration rates and few resources devoted to fighting cyber-c…
China’s Digital Yuan
This article highlights the key motivations behind China’s plan to launch the digital yuan and reviews the potential impacts on China and abroad. The article analyzes the digital yuan’s benefits to consumers, such as a reliable low-risk, low cost, and high-efficiency payment solution and the potential to promote financial inclusion. It compares the digital yuan with its most prominent competitors. Also discussed is how the digital yuan is expecte…
The economics of the Internet of Things in the Global South
While the Internet of Things (IoT) is not new, its key components are becoming increasingly affordable now, which makes the technology extremely attractive for the Global South. By collecting data from various IoT sources, combining them with data from other sources and using big data analytics, decisions can be made and actions can be taken that can have important economic, social, ecological and environmental implications in these countries. Th…
Factors Impacting the Adoption of the Internet among SMEs
Diffusion and Effects of Cyber-Crime in Developing Economies
Cyber-crime's footprints across the developing world are getting bigger. The aim of this article is to examine the structure of cyber-crimes in developing economies. Its central idea is that economic and institutional factors facing cyber-criminals and potential victims in the developing world are different from those in the developed world. In economies characterised by low internet penetration rates and few resources devoted to fighting cyber-c…
Cyberwarfare in the Korean Peninsula
The emerging role of Big Data in key development issues
This paper presents a review of academic literature, policy documents from government organizations and international agencies, and reports from industries and popular media on the trends in Big Data utilization in key development issues and its worthwhileness, usefulness, and relevance. By looking at Big Data deployment in a number of key economic sectors, it seeks to provide a better understanding of the opportunities and challenges of using it…
The economics of the Internet of Things in the Global South
While the Internet of Things (IoT) is not new, its key components are becoming increasingly affordable now, which makes the technology extremely attractive for the Global South. By collecting data from various IoT sources, combining them with data from other sources and using big data analytics, decisions can be made and actions can be taken that can have important economic, social, ecological and environmental implications in these countries. Th…
Will blockchain emerge as a tool to break the poverty chain in the Global South
Just like its recent predecessors, blockchain – also known as the distributed ledger technology – is considered to have the potential to cause major economic, political and social transformations in the Global South. The visible effects of this technology are already being noted there. We present early evidence linking the use of blockchain in overcoming some economic, social and political challenges facing the Global South. The article highlight…
The evolution of cyber-insurance industry and market
Metaverse beyond the hype
The metaverse has the potential to extend the physical world using augmented and virtual reality technologies allowing users to seamlessly interact within real and simulated environments using avatars and holograms. Virtual environments and immersive games (such as, Second Life, Fortnite, Roblox and VRChat) have been described as antecedents of the metaverse and offer some insight to the potential socio-economic impact of a fully functional persi…
China’s Digital Yuan
This article highlights the key motivations behind China’s plan to launch the digital yuan and reviews the potential impacts on China and abroad. The article analyzes the digital yuan’s benefits to consumers, such as a reliable low-risk, low cost, and high-efficiency payment solution and the potential to promote financial inclusion. It compares the digital yuan with its most prominent competitors. Also discussed is how the digital yuan is expecte…
Blockchain as a tool to facilitate property rights protection in the Global South
The lack of a comprehensive property rights system is an issue of pressing concern in most economies in the Global South. Property rights-related issues have important social, economic and environmental consequences. This paper argues that one of the most impactful uses of blockchain in the Global South could be in the creation, implementation and enforcement of property rights. The article provides an in‐depth analysis of a blockchain-based land…
Opinion Paper
Transformative artificially intelligent tools, such as ChatGPT, designed to generate sophisticated text indistinguishable from that produced by a human, are applicable across a wide range of contexts. The technology presents opportunities as well as, often ethical and legal, challenges, and has the potential for both positive and negative impacts for organisations, society, and individuals. Offering multi-disciplinary insight into some of these, …
The academic industry’s response to generative artificial intelligence
Metaverse for advancing government
A number of government agencies have started deploying the Metaverse to connect better with their constituents. The Metaverse provides a rich interaction environment and has the potential to engage with, especially, the younger generation. However, the Metaverse's potential impact on the government sector has been given limited attention. This discussion paper aims to fill this void by reviewing the state of the art, analyzing possible roles of t…
From design to decommissioning
Privacy and cybersecurity issues facing the metaverse
The metaverse presents several unique challenges from security and privacy standpoints. This paper offers a detailed description and analysis of technological environment and institutional factors that can lead to increased privacy violations and security breaches in the metaverse. On the technological front, it discusses how various features of the metaverse such as newness, novelty and complexity of technologies involved, data intensiveness and…
Transforming cybersecurity with agentic AI to combat emerging cyber threats
This paper investigates the transformative potential of agentic AI in cybersecurity, specifically addressing how it can enhance practices in response to emerging threats. It aims to explore how agentic AI can transform cybersecurity practices, particularly in addressing new and evolving threats, while also examining the cybersecurity risks associated with its integration. The research explores the possibilities for agentic AI to automate critical…
Stablecoins in the Global South
This paper examines how dollar-pegged stablecoins are reshaping financial practices across the Global South and asks to what extent their adoption represents a disruptive tool for financial inclusion for peripheral actors versus a mechanism that entrenches structural dependency and undermines policy autonomy. In many developing economies, persistent currency volatility, inflation, and limited access to formal banking have accelerated stablecoin u…
Business (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Computer security (6 works) · FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (4 works) · Developing country (4 works)