The Routledge handbook of smart technologies : an economic and social perspective / edited by Heinz D. Kurz, Marlies Schütz, Rita Strohmaier and Stella S. Zilian.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kurz, Heinz D., editor.

Schütz, Marlies, editor.

Strohmaier, Rita, editor.

Zilian, Stella S., editor.

Series:

Routledge international handbooks

Routledge handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Technological innovations.

Information technology--Management.

Information technology.

Economic development--Technological innovations.

Economic development.

Social change.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 688 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

Biography/History:

Heinz D. Kurz is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Graz and a Fellow of the Graz Schumpeter Centre. Marlies Schütz works as a post-doctoral researcher at the Graz Schumpeter Centre, University of Graz, Austria. Rita Strohmaier is an economic researcher at the German Development Institute/ Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) in Bonn, Germany. Stella Zilian, M.A.(Econ.), works as a researcher at the Graz Schumpeter Centre, University of Graz and at the Institute for Heterodox Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Part 1. Disruptive technological change: historical record, economic analysis, methods and tools

Chapter 1. Is technological progress inevitable? / Robert Skidelsky

Chapter 2. Disruptive technological change in recent economic history / Werner Plump

Chapter 3. On machine ages: Causes, forms and effects of technological change / Heinz D. Kurz

Chapter 4. Tools and concepts for understanding disruptive technological change after Schumpeter / Mark Knell and Simone Vannuccini

Chapter 5. Entrepreneurship and industrial organisation / Uwe Cantner and Thomas Grebel

Chapter 6. Is this time different? A note on automation and labour in the fourth Industrial Revolution / Luigi Marengo

Part 2. Smart technologies and work

Chapter 7. Smart technologies and the changing skills landscape in developing countries / Karishma Banga

Chapter 8. The impact of disruptive technologies on work and employment / Irene Mandl, Ricardo Rodriguez Contreras, Eleonora Peruffo and Martina Bisello

Chapter 9. The fourth industrial revolution and the distribution of income / Stella S. Zilian and Laura S. Zilian

Chapter 10. The legal protection of platform workers / Jeremias Adams-Prassl and Martin Gruber-Risak

Chapter 11. Smart technologies and gender: a never-ending story / Knut H. Sørensen and Vivian Anette Lagesen

Part 3. Smart technologies and social and economic transformation

Chapter 12. Artificial intelligence / Fredrik Heintz

Chapter 13. The science space of artificial intelligence knowledge production: global and regional patterns, 1990-2016 / Dieter F. Kogler, Adam Whittle and Bernardo Buarque

Chapter 14. Structural dynamics in the era of smart technologies / Ariel L. Wirkierman

Chapter 15. The diffusion of industrial robots / Bernhard Dachs, Xiaolan Fu and Angela Jäger

Chapter 16. The triple bottom line of smart manufacturing technologies: an economic, environmental, and social perspective / Thorsten Wuest, David Romero, Muztoba Ahmad Khan and Sameer Mittal

Chapter 17. From smart technologies to value creation: understanding smart service systems through text mining / Chiehyeon Lim and Paul P. Maglio

Chapter 18. Smart cities, a spatial perspective: on the "how" of smart urban transformation / Elke Pahl-Weber and Nadja Berseck

Chapter 19. Producing the 'user' in smart technologies: a framework for examining user representations in smart grids and smart metering infrastructure / Antti Silvast, Robin Williams, Sampsa Hyysalo, Kjetil Rommetveit and Charles Raab

Part 4. Smart technologies, governance and institutions

Chapter 20. Digital transformation and the sovereignty of nation states / Richard Sturn

Chapter 21. Antitrust law and digital markets / Viktoria H.S.E. Robertson

Chapter 22. Platform regulation: Coordination of markets and curation of sociality on the internet / Ulrich Dolata

Chapter 23. New mission-oriented innovation policy in the digital era: How policy-based social technologies fuel the development of smart technologies / Marlies Schütz and Rita Strohmaier

Chapter 24. Crypto assets / Tobias Eibinger, Ernst Brudna and Beat Weber

Chapter 25. Blockchain and the "smart-ification" of governance: The last "building block" in the smart economy / Brendan Markey-Towler Part 5. Smart technologies and grand societal challenges

Chapter 26. "Back to the Future": Smart technologies and the sustainable development goals / J. Carlos Domínguez, Claudia Ortiz Chao and Simone Lucatello

Chapter 27. North-South divide in research and innovation and the challenges of global technology assessment: the case of smart technologies in agriculture / Andreas Stamm

Chapter 28. Smart technologies, energy demand and vulnerable groups; the scope for 'just' metering? / Dan van der Horst

Chapter 29. Smart health / Thomas Czypionka and Susanne Drexler

Chapter 30. Cybersecurity and ethics. An uncommon yet indispensable combination of issues / Karsten Weber

Part 6. Smart technologies: case studies

Chapter 31. A digital society for an ageing population: The Japanese experience / Yuko Harayama and René Carraz

Chapter 32. Digitalisation and development in India: an overview / Syed Mohib Ali Ahmed

Chapter 33. Industry 4.0 in China / Han Li and Wei Zhang

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 04, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Routledge handbook of smart technologies

ISBN:

9780429351921

0429351925

9781000471403

1000471403

1000471438

9781000471434

OCLC:

1263250690

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