Digital disintermediation has reorganised many markets, replacing traditional intermediaries with infrastructures that reduce search, bargaining and enforcement costs. The process, however, is incomplete. In the market for university knowledge, particularly in project work with companies, the value produced remains confined to the context in which it originates: the university gains ties with local industry and the company a solution, while the student is left with no verifiable record to use elsewhere. The phenomenon is reconstructed through transaction cost theory, a comparative analysis of four platforms, the logic of the platform economy and the economics of knowledge. It also observes how generative artificial intelligence is eroding the technical defensibility of software and reducing the entry-level tasks through which experience is acquired. The empirical component is a survey of 106 students, analysed with descriptive methods consistent with the non-probabilistic nature of the sample. The data indicate a widespread gap between the competences students develop and those they can demonstrate, perceived similarly by those who have taken part in project work and those who have not. On this basis the thesis proposes BridgeWork, a reputational infrastructure that documents work as it unfolds, certifies its outcome in a form verifiable by the university and distinguishes the individual contribution within the group. A prototype demonstrates its technical feasibility.
La disintermediazione digitale ha riorganizzato numerosi mercati sostituendo gli intermediari tradizionali con infrastrutture capaci di ridurre i costi di ricerca, di negoziazione e di garanzia. Il processo non si è però compiuto ovunque. Nel mercato della conoscenza universitaria e in particolare nei project work svolti con le imprese, il valore prodotto resta confinato nel contesto in cui nasce: l’ateneo ne ricava relazioni con il tessuto produttivo e l’impresa una soluzione, mentre a chi ha svolto il lavoro non rimane una traccia verificabile e spendibile all’esterno. Il fenomeno è ricostruito attraverso la teoria dei costi di transazione, l’analisi comparativa di quattro piattaforme, le logiche della platform economy e l’economia della conoscenza. Si osserva come l’intelligenza artificiale generativa stia erodendo la difendibilità tecnica del software e riducendo i compiti attraverso cui si acquisisce esperienza all’ingresso. La verifica empirica è affidata a un questionario somministrato a 106 studenti, analizzato con metodi descrittivi coerenti con la natura non probabilistica del campione. I dati indicano un divario diffuso tra competenze maturate e competenze dimostrabili, percepito in misura simile da chi ha partecipato a un project work e da chi non vi ha mai partecipato. Su questa base viene proposto BridgeWork, un’infrastruttura reputazionale che documenta il lavoro mentre si svolge, ne certifica l’esito in forma verificabile dall’ateneo e distingue il contributo individuale nel gruppo. Un prototipo ne dimostra la fattibilità tecnica.
Disintermediazione digitale e capitalizzazione del valore nei project work universitari. Un’infrastruttura reputazionale per la transizione tra formazione e mercato del lavoro
RANDO, FLAVIA
2025/2026
Abstract
Digital disintermediation has reorganised many markets, replacing traditional intermediaries with infrastructures that reduce search, bargaining and enforcement costs. The process, however, is incomplete. In the market for university knowledge, particularly in project work with companies, the value produced remains confined to the context in which it originates: the university gains ties with local industry and the company a solution, while the student is left with no verifiable record to use elsewhere. The phenomenon is reconstructed through transaction cost theory, a comparative analysis of four platforms, the logic of the platform economy and the economics of knowledge. It also observes how generative artificial intelligence is eroding the technical defensibility of software and reducing the entry-level tasks through which experience is acquired. The empirical component is a survey of 106 students, analysed with descriptive methods consistent with the non-probabilistic nature of the sample. The data indicate a widespread gap between the competences students develop and those they can demonstrate, perceived similarly by those who have taken part in project work and those who have not. On this basis the thesis proposes BridgeWork, a reputational infrastructure that documents work as it unfolds, certifies its outcome in a form verifiable by the university and distinguishes the individual contribution within the group. A prototype demonstrates its technical feasibility.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14247/31155