TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yeganeh,K.H.
TI  - Major business and technology trends shaping the contemporary world /K.H. Yeganeh
T2  - International business collection,
SN  - 9781631577864
AV  - JZ1318 .M356 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017)
PB  - Business Expert Press
KW  - Globalization
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Culture and globalization
KW  - Business
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Augmented intelligence
KW  - Automation
KW  - Blockchain
KW  - Business transformations
KW  - Commodities
KW  - Consumption
KW  - Food
KW  - ourth Industrial Revolution
KW  - Gig economy
KW  - Global economy
KW  - Global innovation
KW  - Healthcare
KW  - Programmable materials
KW  - Quantum computing
KW  - Sharing economy
KW  - Smart dust
KW  - Nanomaterials
KW  - New energies
KW  - Water scarcity
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Part 1. 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; 2; b; Also available in printing
N2  - 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
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