With the increasing pace of disruptive innovation, the world in general and governments in particular are experiencing challenges in adapting their systems to these new technologies. While the focus is on disruptive industries, these innovations also disrupt how governments regulate industries and technologies. The regulatory and policy choices governments and other regulatory bodies make have a profound impact on the industry by decreasing or magnifying uncertainty. Many of these disruptive technologies offer opportunities and challenges to the way governments interact in their communities.

Government Response to Disruptive Innovation: Perspectives and Examinations presents research and case studies on government responses to disruptive innovations from a wide array of countries. It addresses the effects on the development of these innovations as a result of responses governments make. Covering topics such as citizen partnerships, communication technology development, and government action, this premier reference source is a dynamic resource for legal professionals, activists, government officials, sociologists, business leaders and executives, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Artificial Intelligence in Legal Services
Autonomous Vehicles
Citizen Partnerships
Communication Technology Development
Contentious Politics
Cryptocurrencies
Disruptive Innovations
Educational Technology
Government Action
Security and Privacy of Digital Money

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Editor/Author Biographies

Sam B. Edwards, III, obtained his Juris Doctor from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College and his LLM. in international environmental law from Nagoya University, Graduate School of Law in Nagoya Japan. He is a professor of environmental law and policy at Green Mountain College in Vermont, USA and a visiting professor of law at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand. Professor Edwards holds a license to practice law in California, the Territory of Guam, The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Professor Edwards' research focuses on the intersection of law, culture, and technology. Professor Edwards has practiced, studied, and taught law in the United States, Kenya, The Federated States of Micronesia, Japan, and Thailand. He has published in the areas of law and culture, international trade in endangered species, business law, environmental valuation in Micronesia, and online business transactions for small and medium enterprises.

Dr. James Robert Masterson is MPA Dir. and Assoc. Professor of Political Science at Morehead State Uni. He recently served as the Dir. of International Education. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the Uni. of Cincinnati. His research focuses on IR theory and research methodology with specialization on IPE. His research interests include the IR of E Asia in general and analyzing the nexus of PRC foreign and economic relations with the world in particular. His publications examine the effects economic factors have on PRC political relations with its neighbors from 1987-2001, and the world from 1990-2005. He co-authored a piece in E-IR examining the effectiveness of China's air quality plan on pollution levels in Beijing.

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