Book description
This book builds upon a wide variety of academic and professional resources to offer an in-depth analysis of the nature, causes, and consequences of major business and technology trends of our time. First, prospects for energy, commodities, water, food, and healthcare services are explored. Then, leading business transformations such as the sharing economy, Fourth Industrial Revolution, gig economy, and recent developments in the global economy are analyzed.
Finally, innovation and emerging technologies including automation, robotics, connectivity, quantum computing, and new materials and energies are examined and their business implications are discussed. Major Business and Technology Trends Shaping the Contemporary World is a timely and relevant reference for business leaders, managers, students, and all those who are passionate about understanding our rapidly changing world.
Table of contents
- Part I Prospects for Energy, Commodities, Water, Food, and Healthcare
- Chapter 1 Energy, Commodities, and Water
- Chapter 2 Food and Agriculture
- Chapter 3 Healthcare and the Life Sciences
- Part II Business Transformations
- Chapter 4 The Sharing Economy
- Chapter 5 The Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Chapter 6 The Gig Economy
- Chapter 7 Salient Patterns in the Global Economy
- Chapter 8 Consumers and Consumption
- Chapter 9 Labor, Work Organization, and Education
- Part III Innovation and Technology
- Chapter 10 Innovation and Research
- Chapter 11 Emerging Technologies
- About the Author
- Index
Product information
- Title: Major Business and Technology Trends Shaping the Contemporary World
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2019
- Publisher(s): Business Expert Press
- ISBN: 9781631577864
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