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Emerging Trends in Accounting : An Analysis of Impact of Robotics in Accounting, Reporting and Auditing of Business and Financial Information

Ashok, M. L. - 2020

this drastic change it is necessary to integrate Robotics (Artificial Intelligence) into the Accounting Database …. Application of robotics technology in accounting is nothing but an application of expert system based software and other … the Impact of Robotics in Accounting, Reporting and auditing of Business and Financial Information with the help of …

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Have Robots Grounded the Flying Geese? : Evidence from Greenfield FDI in Manufacturing

Hallward-Driemeier, Mary - 2020

For decades, manufacturers around the world have outsourced production to countries with lower labor costs. However, there is a concern that robotization in high-income countries will challenge this shifting international division of labor known as the "flying geese" paradigm. Greenfield foreign...

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Does the Tax Code Favor Robots?

Hemel, Daniel Jacob - 2020

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Eye, Robot : Artificial Intelligence and Trade Mark Registers

Gangjee, Dev Saif - 2020

Trade mark registration systems exist to provide useful information. Registers tell us who owns what. Until recently, it was axiomatic that registers for marks were directed at human readers – an applicant for a trade mark, trade mark registry examiners, vigilant competitors, employees of...

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Perceptions of Robotic Process Automation in Public Accounting

Cooper, Lauren - 2020

We examine how the adoption and use of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is affecting the work experience of employees in Big 4 accounting firms. Specifically, we compare how firm leaders and lower-level employees perceive RPA. To do so, we analyze interviews of 14 RPA leaders and survey 139...

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The Robot Revolution : Managerial and Employment Consequences for Firms

Dixon, Jay - 2020

contrast to prior studies that predict dramatic employment declines, we find that investments in robotics are associated with …

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Robots, Automation and the demand for Industrial Space

Wheaton, William C. - 2020

We utilize the data set developed by Acemoglu & Restrepro (2017) depicting the likely adoption rate of robots by firms in each US MSA. Our focus is on the impact of this automation metric on the market for industrial real estate (factories and warehouses). We get similar results to their...

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Humans vs. Robots : Rethinking Policy For A More Sustainable Future

Kisska-Schulze, Kathryn - 2020

Robotic and software innovation threatens to displace one third of the global workforce by 2030. Widespread worker displacement would decimate U.S. social safety net funding. To address these issues, Bill Gates and others have proposed a robot tax. A robot tax, while elegant on its face, masks...

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Do Robots Increase Wealth Dispersion?

Jansson, Thomas - 2020

We demonstrate that increased automation has a significant negative impact on distribution of wealth. Households who are more exposed to industrial robots at work accumulate less wealth and experience greater downward mobility in the wealth distribution. The negative wealth effects of robots are...

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Financial Robots as Instruments of Fiduciary Loyalty

Degeling, Simone - 2020

Retail financial consumers increasingly interact with financial services providers via a financial robot that is driven by an algorithm or other mathematical model (‘robo financial advice'). In this sector, the focus of industry and legal participants is on statutory regulation under the...

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