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Integration of Technological and Social Components in a Smart Urban Development Model : A Case Study of China

Heshmati, Almas; Koohborfardhaghighi, Somayeh; Summers, … - 2022

The path of urbanization around the world and in particular in China has been rapid. This study addresses measurement of a composite index of networking among key components of societal infrastructure and how it affects the process of urbanization. This study has a number of objectives. First we...

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Improving Entrepreneurs' Digital Skills and Firms' Digital Competencies Through Business Apps Training : A Study of Small Firms

Drydakis, Nick - 2022

increased number of migrants in Europe, factors that positively impact their entrepreneurship and integration merit …

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Digital Entrepreneurship Research : A Concise Introduction

Naudé, Wim - 2020

In the past few decades, technological progress has led to the digitization and digitalization of economies into what … for more research on digital entrepreneurship.As such, this paper provides an overview of the central research questions … currently being pursued in this field. These include questions such as: What is digital entrepreneurship? What is different in …

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Digital Divide or Digital Provide? Technology, Time Use and Learning Loss During Covid-19

Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Bhattacharjee, Anindita - 2022

COVID-19 school closure has caused a worldwide shift towards technology-aided home schooling. Given widespread poverty in developing countries, this has raised concerns over new forms of learning inequalities. Using nationwide data on primary and secondary school children in slum and rural...

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Demography, Unemployment, Automation, and Digitalization : Implications for the Creation of (Decent) Jobs, 2010–2030

Bloom, David E. - 2018

Globally, an estimated 734 million jobs will be required between 2010 and 2030 to accommodate recent and ongoing demographic shifts, account for plausible changes in labour force participation rates, and achieve target unemployment rates of at or below 4 percent for adults and at or below 8...

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Do German Works Councils Counter or Foster the Implementation of Digital Technologies?

Genz, Sabrina - 2018

As works councils' information, consultation and co-determination rights affect the decision process of the management, works councils play a key role in the implementation of digital technologies in establishments. However, previous research focuses on the potential of digital technologies to...

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The Effects of Shared School Technology Access on Students Digital Skills in Peru

Bet, German - 2014

This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools with similar observable educational inputs but different intensity in computer access. Extensive...

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Contested Transparency : Digital Monitoring Technologies and Worker Voice

Belloc, Filippo; Burdín, Gabriel; Dughera, Stefano; … - 2023

Advances in artificial intelligence and data analytics have notably expanded employers' monitoring and surveillance capabilities, facilitating the accurate observability of work effort. There is an ongoing debate among academics and policymakers about the productivity and broader welfare...

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Welfare States, Labor Markets, Social Investment and the Digital Transformation

Eichhorst, Werner - 2020

digitization and artificial intelligence, may still be overblown, intrusive change in the nature of work and employment relations … to digitization, together with their respective social investment aptitude, are currently preparing their welfare states …

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Digital Waste? Unintended Consequences of Health Information Technology

Bockerman, Petri - 2019

study how digitization of prescriptions affects pharmaceutical use and health outcomes. We use comprehensive administrative …

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