Business and emerging technologies /George Baffour.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 180 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Collaborative intelligence collection, .
Chapter 1. Four industrial revolutions -- Chapter 2. Blockchain -- Chapter 3. Cryptocurrency -- Chapter 4. Computing, data, and intelligence -- Chapter 5. Connectivity, IoT, and a smarter world -- Chapter 6. Virtual worlds -- Chapter 7. Materials and production technologies -- Chapter 8. Energy -- Chapter 9. Mobility -- Chapter 10. The flexible workplace -- Chapter 11. Managing innovation and technology development -- Chapter 12. What now? Thriving in the fourth Industrial Revolution.
An extensive but straight-to-the-point guide designed to get business students and professionals up to speed with an electrifying range of emergent technologies and concepts in the shortest possible time. Readers will benefit from fluid, well-researched reviews of technologies like artificial intelligence, blockchain, crypto-currencies, quantum computing, augmented reality, 3D printing, and nanotechnology, and will acquire the factual contexts needed to make insightful decisions as these technologies slowly, but surely, pop up in their occupational nexuses.
Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.
9781637421369
Industrial revolution. Business enterprises--Technological innovations. Business planning. Artificial intelligence. Blockchains (Databases) Internet of things.
Industrial revolution. Blockchain. Cryptocurrency. Bitcoin. Quantum computing. Artificial intelligence (AI) Machine learning. 5G. Internet of Things (IoT) Augmented reality (AR) Nanotechnology. 3D printing. Mobility. Drones. Driverless vehicles. Alternative energy. Solar. Research and development (R&D) Telepresence. Emerging technologies. Innovation labs. Hubs.