ANTIFRAGILITY IN ADVERTISING SYSTEMS: CONDITIONS FOR CONVERTING ENVIRONMENTAL VOLATILITY INTO INFORMATIONAL ADVANTAGE

Abstract

Digital advertising operates within an ecosystem characterized by compounding volatility: platform algorithm updates, privacy regulation, competitive displacement, and creative fatigue simultaneously erode the validity window of any optimization finding.

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