Springer The Economics of Digital Transformation: Approaching Non-stable and Uncertain Digitalized Production Systems (Studies on Entrepreneurship, Structural Change and Industrial Dynamics)

This book takes an in-depth look at the economics of digital transformation. Presenting a variety of perspectives from experts, it deals with the socioeconomic changes associated with the digital transformation of production systems. The chapters also address the impacts of digital transformation on the sustainable functioning of socioeconomic and environmental systems. Select chapters also investigate the consequences of adopting intelligent learning systems, both in terms of replacing the human labor force. and their effects on the smart digital management and security of cities, places, and people. Lastly, chapters discuss important questions regarding innovations leading to sustainable change. From the Back Cover This book takes an in-depth look at the economics of digital transformation. Presenting a variety of perspectives from experts, it deals with the socioeconomic changes associated with the digital transformation of production systems. The chapters also address the impacts of digital transformation on the sustainable functioning of socioeconomic and environmental systems. Select chapters also investigate the consequences of adopting intelligent learning systems, both in terms of replacing the human labor force. and their effects on the smart digital management and security of cities, places, and people. Lastly, chapters discuss important questions regarding innovations leading to sustainable change. About the Author Tessaleno Campos Devezas is Associate Professor with habilitation at the Atlantica School of Management Sciences, Health, IT & Engineering, Lisbon (Portugal), teaching and researching in the field of Materials and Aeronautical Engineering and Technological Forecasting, and is associate researcher of the Research Unit C-MAST (Centre for Mechanical Aerospace Science and Technologies, FCT Portugal). He belongs to the Advisory Board of the journal Technological Forecasting & Social Change (Elsevier), Editorial Manager of the Periodical Fractals (World Scientific Publishing Co), member of the International Kondratieff Foundation (Moscow, Russia), Member of the Scientific Committee – Simon Kuznets Institute for Self-Organization and Development (Kiev, Ukraine), and full member of the International Research Academy (Moscow, Russia). Prof. Devezas has published more than 60 scientific papers in several international scientific periodicals, authored/co-authored 10 books, and is co-editor of the Springer Series “Studies on Entrepreneurship, Structural Change and Industrial Dynamics” João Leitão is Assistant Professor (tenured), with habilitation, at University of Beira Interior (UBI), lecturing on economics and entrepreneurship for undergraduate and graduate economics, marketing and management students. He is Director of the UBIExecutive - Business School, research fellow of the NECE – Research Center in Business Sciences, UBI and associate researcher at the CEG-IST – Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico & the ICS – Instituto de Ciências Sociais, University of Lisbon. He is member of the MIT Technology Review Global Panel, a community of business professionals. He is co-author of one patent and several books on benchmarking, human capital, clusters, entrepreneurial ecosystems, cooperation networks, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, firm growth, innovation, competitiveness and quality of life. He is member of several editorial boards of journals such as Sustainability, Small Business Economics, Journal of Small Business Management, International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, International Journal of echnoentrepreneurship, Discover Sustainability, Business, Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais, and Public Policy Portuguese Journal. His research interests include: entrepreneurship; innovation