Routledge Studies in the Economics of Innovation
About the Book Series
The Routledge Studies in the Economics of Innovation series is our home for comprehensive yet accessible texts on the current thinking in the field. These cutting-edge, upper-level scholarly studies and edited collections bring together robust theories from a wide range of individual disciplines and provide in-depth studies of existing and emerging approaches to innovation, and the implications of such for the global economy.
Robot Ethics and the Innovation Economy
1st Edition
By Jon-Arild Johannessen
January 09, 2023
This book provides an authoritative resource on the topic of intelligent robots, artificial intelligence and the ethical implications of these revolutionary innovations. It examines the moral and ethical problems that arise in relation to the development, design and use of intelligent robots, which...
The Co-creative University: Evaluation, Expectations and Economic Policy Implications
1st Edition
By Łukasz Mamica
January 09, 2023
The co-creative university has become the main driver of social and economic development stimulating internal (students and academics) and external creativity (companies and institutional environment) as well as cooperation in various areas (e.g. applied graduation theses, research projects, ...
Capitalism, Power and Innovation: Intellectual Monopoly Capitalism Uncovered
1st Edition
By Cecilia Rikap
September 26, 2022
In contemporary global capitalism, the most powerful corporations are innovation or intellectual monopolies. The book’s unique perspective focuses on how private ownership and control of knowledge and data have become a major source of rent and power. The author explains how at the one pole, these ...
Artificial Intelligence, Automation and the Future of Competence at Work
1st Edition
By Jon-Arild Johannessen
August 01, 2022
Artificial intelligence and the autonomous robots of the Fourth Industrial Revolution will render certain jobs and competences obsolete but will also create new roles, which in turn require new sets of skills. They will also transform how we produce, distribute and consume, as well as how we think....
The Political Economy of Digital Automation: Measuring its Impact on Productivity, Economic Growth, and Consumption
1st Edition
By Sreenath Majumder, Anuradha SenGupta
April 29, 2022
With digital automation becoming ubiquitous, the relationship between man and machine is being redefined. This book, through a focus on America, identifies the tension this relationship has produced, and how it has divided America socially, politically, and economically, ultimately breeding two ...