Scholars agree that change has become a staple in organizational life and will likely remain as such beyond the twenty-first century. As the rate of change continues to accelerate, organizations must strive to develop and implement new initiatives in order to obtain significant benefits for organizational survival, economic viability, and human satisfaction.

Institutional and Organizational Transformations in the Robotic Era: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference source that explores some of the common characteristics of the recent technology transformations and the characteristics of the industrial revolutions. It analyzes recent changes in the global economy, providing evidence of expanding social issues that can undermine further sustainable development. This book is ideally designed for policymakers, academics, professionals, managers, administrators, and others interested in organizational change through technological advances.

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

Business Models
Digital Transformation
Digitalization
Emerging Technologies
Institutional Framework
Organizational Change
Social Enterprises

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Editor/Author Biographies

Albena Antonova is a researcher and lecturer at Sofia University, Bulgaria since 2004. She works mainly in the field of practical ICT applications and currently teaches courses related to emerging technologies, digital transformation, social innovations, serious games and knowledge management. She was involved in a number of international research and application projects. Some of her recent projects are in the field of digital transformation of SME, Social Energy, Serious Gaming, e-learning and m-learning implementations, green ICT and others. Her main research interests include knowledge management and knowledge management systems, emerging technologies business impact, TEL models and methods, e-Business, technology entrepreneurship and start-up, knowledge sharing, open innovations and living labs. She has more than 30 publications in the field.

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