The study of information and communications technology (ICT) adoption signals that diffusion processes within highly unequal societies produces a strati cation in the access to digital technologies and thus, maintains or even increases previous socio-economic disparities. Whereas technological...

The interplay between labor institutions and the firm-level adoption of new technologies such as robotics and other advanced digital tools remains poorly understood. Using a cross-sectional sample of more than 20000 European establishments, this paper documents a positive association between...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful technology that can be utilized throughout a construction project lifecycle. Transition to incorporate AI technologies in the construction industry has been delayed due to the lack of know-how and research. There is also a knowledge gap regarding how...

Quantum computers are expected to reduce the security of current cryptographic systems. One technology that relies on these cryptographic systems is the blockchain. For companies adopting blockchain-based solutions, quantum computing therefore poses a risk that needs to be considered in...

Computerized algorithms for predicting the outcomes of legal problems can extract and present information from particular databases of cases to guide the legal analysis of new problems. They can have practical value despite the limitations that make reliance on predictions risky for other...

AI technologies can improve upon the current system of merger notification and review. Predictive technologies—such as supervised machine learning—combined with unprecedented growth in data will provide antitrust agencies with the opportunity to better refine the law and the review process....