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Subject(s)

• Technological innovations—Economic aspects [Browse]
• Information technology—Management [Browse]
• Economic development—Technological innovations [Browse]
• Social change [Browse]

Editor

• Kurz, Heinz D. [Browse]
• Schütz, Marlies [Browse]
• Strohmaier, Rita [Browse]
• Zilian, Stella S. [Browse]

Series

Routledge international handbooks [More in this series]

Summary note

"This handbook provides a thorough discussion of the most recent wave of technological (and organisational) innovations, frequently called "smart" and based on the digitisation of information. The acronym stands for "Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology". This new wave is one in a row of waves that have shaken up and transformed the economy, society and culture since the first Industrial Revolution and even before and have left a huge impact on how we live, think, communicate and work: they have deeply affected the socioeconomic metabolism from within and mankind's footprint on our planet. The handbook analyses the origins of the current wave, its roots in earlier ones and its path-dependent nature; its current forms and actual manifestations; its multifarious impact on economy and society; and it puts forward some guesstimates regarding the probable directions of its further development. In short, the handbook studies the past, the present and the future of smart technologies and digitalisation. This cutting-edge reference will appeal to a broad audience, including but not limited to, researchers from various disciplines with a focus on technological innovation and their impact on the socioeconomic system; students across different fields but especially from economics, social sciences and law studying questions related to radical technological change and its consequences, as well as professionals around the globe interested in the debate of smart technologies and socioeconomic transformation, from a multi- and interdisciplinary perspective"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Part 1. Disruptive technological change: historical record, economic analysis, methods and tools. Is technological progress inevitable?
• Disruptive technological change in recent economic history
• On machine ages: Causes, forms and effects of technological change
• Tools and concepts for understanding disruptive technological change after Schumpeter
• Entrepreneurship and industrial organisation
• Is this time different? A note on automation and labour in the fourth Industrial Revolution --
• Part 2. Smart technologies and work. Smart technologies and the changing skills landscape in developing countries
• The impact of disruptive technologies on work and employment
• The fourth industrial revolution and the distribution of income
• The legal protection of platform workers
• Smart technologies and gender: A never-ending story --
• Part 3. Smart technologies and social and economic transformation. Artificial intelligence
• The science space of artificial intelligence knowledge production: global and regional patterns, 1990–2016
• Structural dynamics in the era of smart technologies
• The diffusion of industrial robots
• The triple bottom line of smart manufacturing technologies: an economic, environmental, and social perspective
• From smart technologies to value creation: understanding smart service systems through text mining
• Smart cities, a spatial perspective: on the “how” of smart urban transformation
• Producing the ‘user’ in smart technologies: a framework for examining user representations in smart grids and smart metering infrastructure --
• Part 4. Smart technologies, governance and institutions. Digital transformation and the sovereignty of nation states
• Antitrust law and digital markets
• Platform regulation: Coordination of markets and curation of sociality on the internet
• New mission-oriented innovation policy in the digital era: How policy-based social technologies fuel the development of smart technologies.
• Crypto assets
• Blockchain and the "smart-ification" of governance: The last "building block" in the smart economy --
• Part 5. Smart technologies and grand societal challenges. "Back to the Future": Smart technologies and the sustainable development goals
• North-South divide in research and innovation and the challenges of global technology assessment: the case of smart technologies in agriculture
• Smart technologies, energy demand and vulnerable groups; the scope for ‘just’ metering?
• Smart health
• Cybersecurity and ethics. An uncommon yet indispensable combination of issues --
• Part 6. Smart technologies: case studies. A digital society for an ageing population: The Japanese experience
• Digitalisation and development in India: an overview
• Industry 4.0 in China

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ISBN

• 9780367369231 (hardcover)
• 0367369230 (hardcover)
• 9781032130811 (paperback)
• 1032130814 (paperback)

LCCN

2021037529

OCLC

1263249324

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