ABSTRACT
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 have left a huge impact on how we live, think, communicate and work: they have deeply affected the socioeconomic metabolism from within and humankind’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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|114 pages
Disruptive technological change
part 2|98 pages
Smart technologies and work
part 3|179 pages
Smart technologies and social and economic transformation
chapter 13|28 pages
The Science Space of Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Production
chapter 16|21 pages
The Triple Bottom Line of Smart Manufacturing Technologies
chapter 17|30 pages
From Smart Technologies to Value Creation
chapter 19|22 pages
Producing the ‘User’ in Smart Technologies
part 4|127 pages
Smart technologies, governance and institutions
chapter 22|21 pages
Platform Regulation
chapter 23|24 pages
New Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy in the Digital Era
chapter 25|12 pages
Blockchain and the “Smart-Ification” of Governance
part 5|88 pages
Smart technologies and grand societal challenges
chapter 27|17 pages
North–South Divide in Research and Innovation and the Challenges of Global Technology Assessment
part 6|59 pages
Smart technologies