Socio-Economic Impacts of Technology
Includes 16 Titles

Socio-Economic Impacts of Technology

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Advancements in technology have not only impacted our society but have had a significant influence on our economic growth. This valuable book bundle includes 16 scholarly titles on business technologies, electronic government, industrial informatics, e-commerce, software & systems design and many more. It is an ideal resource for practitioners, researchers and students interested in gaining knowledge on the enhancements of economic and societal fields through information technology.
Release date: January 1, 2013
ISBN13: 9781466627697|EISBN13: 9781466627680

Description

The evolution of technology offers additional insights into managerial, economic and societal developments and its vital role in economic growth.

The Socio-Economic Impacts of Technology book bundle examines the innovations and developments of a variety of sectors that have progressed due to technological changes. This fundamental collection of 16 scholarly titles covers topics on industrial informatics, global business, operations & service management, e-commerce, artificial intelligence and much more. These titles represent IGI Global’s distinct coverage of technology and its impact on economic development.

Topics Covered

  • Accounting & Finance
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • E-Commerce
  • Electronic Services
  • Global Business
  • Global Information Technology
  • Industrial Informatics
  • Operations & Service Management
  • Software & Systems Design

Books Included in this Collection

Simulation in Computational Finance and Economics: Tools and Emerging Applications
Simulation in Computational Finance and Economics: Tools and Emerging Applications
Biliana Alexandrova-Kabadjova (Banco de Mexico, Mexico), Serafin Martinez-Jaramillo (Banco de Mexico, Mexico), Alma Lilia Garcia-Almanza (Banco de Mexico, Mexico), Edward Tsang (University of Essex, UK). © 2013. 378 pages.
Simulation has become a tool difficult to substitute in many scientific areas like manufacturing, medicine, telecommunications, games, etc. Finance is one of such areas where simulation is a commonly used tool; for example, we can find Monte Carlo simulation in many financial applications like market...
Industrial Dynamics, Innovation Policy, and Economic Growth through Technological Advancements
Industrial Dynamics, Innovation Policy, and Economic Growth through Technological Advancements
I. Hakan Yetkiner (Izmir University of Economics, Turkey), M. Teoman Pamukcu (Middle East Technical University, Turkey), Erkan Erdil (Middle East Technical University, Turkey). © 2013. 374 pages.
By harnessing technological progress, good innovation policies can help enhance economic growth. New research offers additional insights into the design and application of such innovative policies. Industrial Dynamics, Innovation Policy, and Economic Growth through Technological Advancements examines...
Advanced Analytics for Green and Sustainable Economic Development: Supply Chain Models and Financial Technologies
Advanced Analytics for Green and Sustainable Economic Development: Supply Chain Models and Financial Technologies
Zongwei Luo (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong). © 2012. 254 pages.
Trends in green and sustainable development have and will continue to influence all major economies. Identifying the risks and opportunities associated with sustainable economic development and green analysis for sustainability warrants the use and study of advanced analytics. Advanced Analytics for...
Ethical Models and Applications of Globalization: Cultural, Socio-Political and Economic Perspectives
Ethical Models and Applications of Globalization: Cultural, Socio-Political and Economic Perspectives
Charles Wankel (St. John's University, USA), Shaun Malleck (University of California, Irvine, USA). © 2012. 312 pages.
Continued growth of the global market necessitates research that establishes norms and practices and ensures the appropriate level of ethical concern for those who contribute to the process of globalization and are being affected by globalization. Ethical Models and Applications of Globalization...
Advancing Technologies for Asian Business and Economics: Information Management Developments
Advancing Technologies for Asian Business and Economics: Information Management Developments
Dasho Karma Ura (Centre for Bhutan Studies, Bhutan), Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos (Universidad de Oviedo, Spain). © 2012. 329 pages.
Business in Asia is governed, as elsewhere around the globe, by a burgeoning amount of information in the form of analytics, knowledge, and research. Advancing Technologies for Asian Business and Economics: Information Management Developments offers the latest research available within the field of...
E-Banking and Emerging Multidisciplinary Processes: Social, Economical and Organizational Models
E-Banking and Emerging Multidisciplinary Processes: Social, Economical and Organizational Models
Mohammad Ali Sarlak (Payame Noor University, Iran), Asghar Abolhasani Hastiani (Payame Noor University, Iran). © 2011. 227 pages.
The innovative utilization of the Internet and other information and communication technologies in the banking sector has created somewhat of an e-banking phenomenon. E-Banking and Emerging Multidisciplinary Processes: Social, Economical and Organizational Models advances the knowledge and practice of...
International Exploration of Technology Equity and the Digital Divide: Critical, Historical and Social Perspectives
International Exploration of Technology Equity and the Digital Divide: Critical, Historical and Social Perspectives
Patricia Randolph Leigh (Iowa State University, USA). © 2011. 254 pages.
The digital divide is an global phenomenon that negatively affects groups around the world. International Exploration of Technology Equity and the Digital Divide: Critical, Historical and Social Perspectives explores and presents research that centers on the historical, political, sociological, and...
E-Adoption and Socio-Economic Impacts: Emerging Infrastructural Effects
E-Adoption and Socio-Economic Impacts: Emerging Infrastructural Effects
Sushil K. Sharma (Ball State University, USA). © 2011. 464 pages.
The study of e-adoption focuses on the implementation and use of the Internet and Internet-based technologies for personal and business activities. This field has become increasingly relevant due to the increased reliance upon the Internet among individuals in both developed and developing countries....
Service Science for Socio-Economical and Information Systems Advancement: Holistic Methodologies
Service Science for Socio-Economical and Information Systems Advancement: Holistic Methodologies
Adamantios Koumpis (ALTEC Software S.A., Greece). © 2010. 372 pages.
Services both as a science and as a practice in today's corporate environments are suffering from many suboptimalities. A compromise of both organizational and technological aspects provides the answer to many pitfalls and shortcomings currently faced. Service Science for Socio-Economical and...
Sustainable Economic Development and the Influence of Information Technologies: Dynamics of Knowledge Society Transformation
Sustainable Economic Development and the Influence of Information Technologies: Dynamics of Knowledge Society Transformation
Muhammed Karatas (Mugla University, Turkey), Mustafa Zihni Tunca (Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey). © 2010. 358 pages.
Positive change in society depends highly on a variety of innovative technologies. Sustainability and transformation of the knowledge society helps create developing nations that can survive during times of global turbulence. Sustainable Economic Development and the Influence of Information...
E-Strategies for Technological Diffusion and Adoption: National ICT Approaches for Socioeconomic Development
E-Strategies for Technological Diffusion and Adoption: National ICT Approaches for Socioeconomic Development
Sherif Kamel (American University in Cairo, Egypt). © 2010. 390 pages.
Information and communication technology (ICT) innovations provide significant implications for business and socioeconomic development due to the role it plays in the diffusion of knowledge sharing, community development, and equality. E-Strategies for Technological Diffusion and Adoption: National ICT...
Artificial Higher Order Neural Networks for Economics and Business
Artificial Higher Order Neural Networks for Economics and Business
Ming Zhang (Christopher Newport University, USA). © 2009. 542 pages.
Artificial Higher Order Neural Networks (HONNs) significantly change the research methodology that is used in economics and business areas for nonlinear data simulation and prediction. With the important advances in HONNs, it becomes imperative to remain knowledgeable about its benefits and...
Information Technology and Economic Development
Information Technology and Economic Development
Yutaka Kurihara (Aichi University, Japan), Sadayoshi Takaya (Kansai University, Japan), Hisashi Harui (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan), Hiroshi Kamae (Hitotsubashi University, Japan). © 2008. 404 pages.
Information technology has already changed the face of many activities in organizational, economic, and societal domains, and holds strong promise for future development. Information Technology and Economic Development collects defining research on the impact information technology (IT) has on fields...
Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives
Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives
Kirk St.Amant (East Carolina University, USA), Brian Still (Texas Tech University, USA). © 2007. 766 pages.
The Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives is one of the few texts to combine OSS in public and private sector activities into a single reference source. This authoritative publication examines how the use of open source software (OSS) affects...
Outsourcing and Offshoring in the 21st Century: A Socio-Economic Perspective
Outsourcing and Offshoring in the 21st Century: A Socio-Economic Perspective
Harbhajan Kehal (University of Western Sydney, Australia), Varinder Singh (IT Consultant, Australia). © 2006. 482 pages.
Outsourcing and Offshoring in the 21st Century: A Socio-Economic Perspective covers various aspects of outsourcing and offshoring and the influences, challenges, and socio-economic impacts of this phenomenon. It provides information as to the economic impacts to developing, as well as developed...
The Economic and Social Impacts of E-Commerce
The Economic and Social Impacts of E-Commerce
Sam Lubbe (Cape Technikon, South Africa). © 2003. 280 pages.
E-Commerce has brought about many changes in organizations and has had significant impacts on the quality of life that is experienced by individuals or even indirectly as members of society. The need to have fast and efficient information on products is crucial to our socially conscious and...