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Assessing the adoption of sustainable heating technologies in the United Kingdom – A case study of socioeconomically deprived neighbourhoods of Nottingham city Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Daniela Salite, Ying Miao, Ed Turner, Yuan Feng
The transition to sustainable heating technologies is crucial to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, mitigate the impacts of climate change and enable a sustainable and low-carbon society. However, a successful transition will require transformative, and large-scale household behavioural changes, and their acceptance and adoption of new technologies. Through mixed data collected at household level (n = 70)
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Does the digitalization of municipalities affect the efficiency of universities? An Italian case study using DEA and Malmquist index approaches Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Angela Rella, Michele Rubino, Nicola Raimo, Filippo Vitolla
Universities are a vital part of society, with both internal and external dimensions. The internal dimension involves crucial aspects, such as research activities, while the external dimension concerns the university's environment. The adoption and implementation of smart technologies have significantly improved the performance of various institutions, particularly universities. Consequently, the two
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Human resource management in ambidextrous organisations – A systematic literature review Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Cristina Varandas, Cristina I. Fernandes, Pedro Mota Veiga
The objective of this study involves identifying the key pillars and strategies for managing human resources in ambidextrous organisations. This seeks to grasp how these organisations foster sustainability, success and high levels of organisational performance in response to the demands raised by competitive markets. This correspondingly applied the systematic literature review technique to the database
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Just transitions and sociotechnical innovation in the social housing sector: An assemblage analysis of residents’ perspectives Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Matthew Cotton, Paul Van Schaik, Natasha Vall, Susan Lorrimer, Andrea Mountain, Rosemary Stubbs, Charlotte Leighton, Edgar Segovia Leon, Elena Imani
Creating low-carbon pathways for domestic electricity and heating is a core aspect of the UK Government's housing strategy. Understanding issues of energy justice and the socio-technical dynamics of low-carbon innovation are vital for successfully implementing new technologies and retrofit measures across diverse communities and different housing types. The social housing sector is particularly important
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Regional factors associated with smart factory adoption in South Korea Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Jeong-Il Park, Taelim Choi
This study investigates the relationship between regional characteristics and smart factory adoption in South Korea by analyzing smart factory data. Our findings reveal that agglomeration economies and regional occupational structures significantly influence smart factory adoption. Moreover, we identified a neighboring effect, where the presence of existing smart factories within a region fosters further
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Smart cities, smarter values: Unpacking the ecosystem of urban innovation Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Krista Sorri, Katariina Yrjönkoski, Marko Seppänen
The beginning of this millennium has become the golden age of smart city initiatives, as local governments strive to exploit novel technologies to improve public services and the quality of life of their inhabitants. However, it is not enough to focus only on the technologies; we need to understand how value is identified, and how different parties approach that value on an ecosystem level. In this
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Foreign direct investment and environmental degradation: Can intellectual property rights help G20 countries achieve carbon neutrality? Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Marco Túlio Dinali Viglioni, Cristina Lelis Leal Calegario, Arthur Cesar Dinali Viglioni, Nádia Campos Pereira Bruhn
The G20 comprises rich, industrialized, and powerful nations that advance the world economy through foreign direct investment (FDI). Nevertheless, these countries account for the largest share of global carbon dioxide emissions (CO). Enforcing intellectual property rights (IPRs) has become a useful tool for stimulating clean technologies to mitigate climate change. This study examines how IPR enforcement
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The role of active and passive resistance in new technology adoption by final consumers: The case of 3D printing Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 María Luisa Villanueva Orbaiz, Marta Arce-Urriza
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Digital technologies in sports: Opportunities, challenges, and strategies for safeguarding athlete wellbeing and competitive integrity in the digital era Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Yufei Qi, S. Mohammad Sajadi, S. Baghaei, R. Rezaei, Wei Li
Digital technologies are revolutionizing operations across various industries, including the sports sector. This study employed a mixed methods approach to investigate technology adoption rates and assess the perceived impacts on performance, injuries, operations, and fan experience in 21 sports organizations. Furthermore, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 industry experts, providing
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Turning fragments into a lens: Technological change, industrial revolutions, and labor Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Nicolas Didier
During the last fifty years, the world has experienced the full effects of the third industrial revolution (workplace computerization and ICTs) and the beginnings of the fourth industrial revolution (automation and digitalization of the production process). As massive transformations for societies and national economies, those technological disruptions have brought several changes for companies' and
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Unlocking the potential of cybersecurity behavior in the metaverse: Overview, opportunities, challenges, and future research agendas Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Mostafa Al-Emran, Muhammet Deveci
The metaverse, often referred to as the next stage of the Internet, is a virtual space that utilizes advanced technologies, such as augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality, to enable real-time engagement and experiences beyond what can be achieved in reality. Cybersecurity behavior in the metaverse refers to the actions taken by individuals and organizations to protect themselves and
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Virtual vs. human influencer: Effects on users’ perceptions and brand outcomes Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Roberta De Cicco, Serena Iacobucci, Loreta Cannito, Gianni Onesti, Irene Ceccato, Riccardo Palumbo
In the recent wave of artificial intelligence-based innovations, Virtual influencers (VIs) are one of the newest and most promising innovations. Despite their indisputable potential, still little is known about users' reactions to non-human endorsers. Our experimental study investigates users' perceptions of VIs engaged in sponsorship activities on Instagram, examining the impact of the influencer's
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The impact of digitalization, technological and financial innovation on environmental quality in OECD countries: Investigation of N-shaped EKC hypothesis Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Assad Ullah, Mesut Dogan, Amber Pervaiz, Azaz Ali Ather Bukhari, Hilmi Tunahan Akkus, Husna Dogan
This research article aims to determine the interrelationships between digitalization, technological and financial innovation, and environmental quality in selected Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. This study also tests the validity of the N-shaped Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis. To this end, we utilize a rigorous three-stage panel data econometrics
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Digital transformation in SMEs: Understanding its determinants and size heterogeneity Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Jose Antonio Clemente-Almendros, Dorina Popescu-Nicoara, Ivan Pastor-Sanz
Digital transformation plays a vital role in the success of firms, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The business landscape is becoming more challenging for small businesses and they must navigate this complexity by adopting digitalization. However, many of them fail in this process. Our study aims to understand the main determinants of digital transformation, and the effect
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Resistance to O2O technology platform adoption among small retailers: The influence of visibility and discoverability Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Umesh Chawla, Balraj Verma, Amit Mittal
Research on Online-to-offline (O2O) platforms is witnessing significant growth. However, the actual utilization of O2O platforms by small retailers is still in its early stages. The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that lead to small merchants' reluctance to O2O platforms as well as the impact of the platform's visibility and discoverability on the retailer's usage intention. To
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Controlling the ‘elephant in the room’: A new protocol for sharing data from home performance monitoring systems Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 K, e, m, i, , A, d, e, y, e, y, e
This study explores the use of smart home performance monitoring systems to deliver reliable and consistent building performance data. Accurate data is essential for the continuous improvement of building regulations and housing quality so that citizens can better cope with volatile energy prices, weather extremes and climate change. While previous research has studied and modelled the adoption factors
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Corrigendum to ‘Antecedents of smart farming adoption to mitigate the digital divide – Extended innovation diffusion model’ [Technol. Soc. 75, November 2023, 102348] Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Krishna Dixit, Aashish Kumar, Amit Kumar Dwivedi
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Colleges and universities are important stakeholders for regulating large language models and other emerging AI Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 V, e, l, j, k, o, , D, u, b, l, j, e, v, i, ć
AI technology has already gone through one “winter,” and alarmist thinking may cause yet another one. Calls for a moratorium on AI research increase the salience of the public request for comment on “AI accountability.” Prohibitive approaches are an overreaction, especially when leveraged on virtual (non-embodied) AI agents. While there are legitimate concerns regarding expansion of AI models like
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Using social role theory to predict how gender and ethnicity of aviation job candidates affects perceived job classifications Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Stephen Woods, Megan Harris, Stephen Rice, Albert Boquet, Connor Rice, Danielle Rosales, Cassandra Domingo, Matthew Bivens, Ryan Lange, Scott Winter, Sean Crouse
Prior investigations reveal a challenging landscape for women and minorities in the aviation industry as they grapple with issues that prevent them from landing high-paying, prestigious roles. The existing research does not investigate public perceptions' biases toward the suitability of individuals based on their genders and ethnicities to particular aviation roles. To bridge this knowledge gap, we
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DIY google trends indicators in social sciences: A methodological note Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Ivana Lolić, Marina Matošec, Petar Sorić
Various branches of the social sciences often require high-frequency measures of collective behavior. Examining peoples' Google search patterns enables uncovering otherwise hard-to-measure social trends or constructing different leading indicators. Google Trends (GT) data presents a unique and rich dataset that enables a deeper look at the popularity of peoples’ search interests. This paper delves
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Evolutionary game analysis on the cross-organizational cooperative R&D strategy of general purpose technologies under two-way collaboration Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Yuelong Zheng, Bingjie Zhou, Chen Hao, Ruize Gao, Mengya Li
General Purpose Technologies (GPTs) have strong knowledge spillovers, which makes Cross-organizational cooperative R&D (COC R&D) become an important mode choice for GPTs. In this regard, enterprises two strategies: cooperative R&D and non-cooperative R&D. This paper analyzes the realization conditions and influencing mechanism of the Evolutionary Stability Strategy (ESS) of GPTs COC R&D from a micro
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Are crypto and non-crypto investors alike? Evidence from a comprehensive survey in Brazil Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Jéfferson Augusto Colombo, Larisa Yarovaya
Cryptocurrencies and blockchain have become a global phenomenon, transforming people's relationships with technology and offering innovative tools for businesses and individuals to strive in a digital age. However, little is still known about the main drivers of cryptocurrency ownership, especially in emerging markets. Based on a representative online survey among 573 Brazilian digital platform investors
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Search engine optimization poisoning: A cybersecurity threat analysis and mitigation strategies for small and medium-sized enterprises Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Tran Duc Le, Thang Le-Dinh, Sylvestre Uwizeyemungu
This study investigates the emerging cybersecurity threat of search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning and its impact on small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) digital marketing efforts. Through a comprehensive analysis of SEO poisoning techniques employed by attackers, the study reveals the significant risks and consequences for SMEs, including reputational damage, financial losses, and disrupted
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Sectoral innovativeness and environmental sustainability: Unearthing solutions to the resource curse Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Evans Opoku-Mensah, Weide Chun, Yuan Wu, Can Zhang, Elvis Kwame Ofori, Wei Chen
The strain on our planet's resources paints a vivid picture of a world in peril. While discussions examining how changes, driven by economic factors, enhance a sustainable environment have resulted in contradictory evidence, this study argues that the existing measures for structural change do not adequately consider innovation for environmental sustainability. To address this gap, we focus on how
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Predicting student dropouts with machine learning: An empirical study in Finnish higher education Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Matti Vaarma, Hongxiu Li
This study uses three machine learning models to predict student dropouts based on students' transcript, demographic, and learning management system (LMS) data from a Finnish university. The contribution of this research lies in 1) comparing the relative importance of LMS (Moodle) data with transcript and demographic data in degree program dropout prediction, 2) examining the predictive importance
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Research landscape analysis for quality in Pharma 4.0 era Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Reza Vatankhah Barenji, Reza Ebrahimi Hariry, Denizhan Demirkol, Tugrul U. Daim
This study focuses on the production phase of drug development and examines approaches and their progress indicators for enhancing the quality of pharmaceutical products and attaining consistency in Pharma 4.0. The research is conducted in three interconnected stages. In the first stage, a scientometric approach is incorporated into a detailed analysis of past studies, utilizing bibliometric analysis
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Trustworthy AI in the public sector: An empirical analysis of a Swedish labor market decision-support system Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Alexander Berman, Karl de Fine Licht, Vanja Carlsson
This paper investigates the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Swedish Public Employment Service (PES), focusing on the concept of trustworthy AI in public decision-making. Despite Sweden's advanced digitalization efforts and the widespread application of AI in the public sector, our study reveals significant gaps between theoretical ambitions and practical outcomes, particularly in
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Domesticating AI in medical diagnosis Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Robin Williams, Stuart Anderson, Kathrin Cresswell, Mari Serine Kannelønning, Hajar Mozaffar, Xiao Yang
We consider the anticipated adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medical diagnosis. We examine how seemingly compelling claims are tested as AI tools move into real-world settings and discuss how analysts can develop effective understandings in novel and rapidly changing settings.
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Employees’ acceptance of AI-based emotion analytics from speech on a group level in virtual meetings Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Oliver Behn, Michael Leyer, Deniz Iren
Detecting emotions in virtual meetings can be a demanding task for humans due to technological constraints of current videoconferencing systems. AI-based emotion analytics from speech is a promising technological option to provide helpful analyses for online business meetings, but might be perceived as scary as emotions are a sensitive topic. However, employees' acceptance of such a type of software
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The impact of the metaverse on e-commerce business models – A delphi-based scenario study Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Hendrik Büchel, Stefan Spinler
Despite the current buzz for the metaverse, its evolution has yet to be determined, and there is still a great deal of ambiguity, resulting in difficulties to forecast future opportunities. A deeper comprehension of the metaverse ecosystem is crucial to facilitate long-term planning and the dynamic adaptation of business models in the closely related e-commerce sector. Consequently, the main objective
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Can technological innovations contribute to more overcome the issue of poverty reduction in africa? Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Charles Bertin Pilag Kakeu, Clovis Miamo Wendji, Clémence Zite Kouhomou, Généviève Christel Mapa Kamdoum
Although recent years have shown that innovation can also thrive in economies where the challenges of absolute poverty and inequality remain long-standing problems, the effects of innovation on poverty reduction has remained a largely unexplored field of investigation. . So this study assesses the effect of technological innovations on poverty reduction using a panel of 36 sub-Saharan African countries
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When AI doctors lie about diagnosis: The effects of varying degrees of prosocial lies in patient–AI interactions Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Yuanyi Mao, Bo Hu, Ki Joon Kim
Instead of telling the whole truth, doctors sometimes resort to prosocial lies when diagnosing illness to protect patients from psychological harm. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have introduced AI doctors capable of telling prosocial lies in a medical setting. Accordingly, this study conducted a 3 (full truth vs. partial prosocial lie vs. full prosocial lie) × 2 (AI vs. human doctor)
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National specialization and diversification in the bioeconomy: Insights from biobased technologies in chemical and pharmaceutical sectors Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Lennart Fischer, Sebastian Losacker, Sven Wydra
Facilitating the transformation of innovation systems is a vital endeavor within the global quest to diminish the detrimental environmental consequences of economic activities. Against this background, scholars and policymakers emphasize the potentials of a societal transition towards a ‘bioeconomy’. In this paper, we study the technological specialization of countries in biobased technologies relating
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Contagious humans: A pandemic's positive effect on attitudes towards care robots Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Manuela Schönmann, Anja Bodenschatz, Matthias Uhl, Gari Walkowitz
History has shown that attitudes toward new technologies can change abruptly following disruptive events. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it became apparent that care robots enable increased social isolation. This feature of robotic care usually raises strong ethical concerns about potentially decreased comfort for the care-dependent. In a large-scale online study, we tested the influence of the pandemic
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Is worldwide patent protection converging? A cross-country index of patent protection strength 1990–2020 Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Wantao Chen, Xiang Yu, Wei Yang
This paper introduces the International Patent Protection Strength (IPPS) index, a composite measure designed to assess global patent protection from the perspective of patent owners. Spanning 134 countries from 1990 to 2020, the IPPS index encompasses four dimensions—international mechanism, legislation, enforcement, and administration—constructed using standardized techniques recommended by the OECD
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Impact of big data analytics on telecom companies' competitive advantage Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Ali Ra’Ed Alshawawreh, Francisco Liébana-Cabanillas, Francisco Javier Blanco-Encomienda
The aim of this study is to explore the potential uses of Big Data for enhancing the competitive position of telecommunication companies based on Resource-Based View Theory. To achieve it, a quantitative approach was employed to collect and analyze primary data from 304 telecommunications companies, which was then utilized to test hypotheses related to the targeted phenomena. A structural equation
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Data privacy: From transparency to fairness Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 C, h, a, o, , W, u
In recent years, data privacy has attracted increasing public concerns, especially with public scandals from top Internet companies, emerging over inappropriate data collection, lack of transparency in data usage, and manipulation of users' preferences. This has led to responsive efforts from multiple sectors of society to constrain the violation of individuals’ data privacy. Among these efforts, the
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Nexus between Chat GPT usage dimensions and investment decisions making in Pakistan: Moderating role of financial literacy Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Rafid Ullah, Hishamuddin Bin Ismail, Mohammad Tariqul Islam Khan, Ali Zeb
This study's primary goal is to investigate and gain better knowledge of the relationship between ChatGPT usage dimensions such as analyzing data, managing risk, optimizing portfolios, forecasting market trends, and conducting sentiment analysis and investment decisions of investors in the Pakistan stock market, as well as the moderating role of financial literacy. The sample for this study included
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Exploring the fittest choice model for consumer preference analysis on over-the-top service Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Subin Park, Jongsu Lee, Junghun Kim
This study analyzed consumer preferences in the over-the-top service market by comparing classical and behavioral economics approaches. Empirical analysis indicated that the reference-dependent choice model based on behavioral economics brought marginal improvement in model explanatory power compared with the discrete choice model based on neoclassical economics. The underperformance of the behavioral
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Corporate social responsibility in family business: Using machine learning to uncover who is doing good Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Feng Liu, Wanying Huang, Jing Zhang, Mingjie Fang
Rapid social and environmental changes continue to highlight the critical role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in business operations. Research on the determinants of CSR has received widespread attention. However, there has been little focus on family businesses, which play an important function in the economy and differ from non-family firms. Synthesizing the resource-based view (RBV) with
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Dos and Don'ts of using drone technology in the crop fields Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Jamileh Aliloo, Enayat Abbasi, Esmail Karamidehkordi, Ebadat Ghanbari Parmehr, Maurizio Canavari
The global population growth requires moving from traditional to modern agriculture. A new generation of agriculture is needed for responding to food security, which relies on smart technologies, such as remote sensing and intelligent machines, including drones. This paper identifies the necessity, challenges, and prerequisites of using drones in crop fields. The study employed a systematic literature
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Does ICT diffusion validate skill-biased technological change hypothesis? Evidence from the post-Soviet countries Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Kazi Sohag, Mesut M. Badur, Waqar Ameer, Šárka Vilamová
This study scrutinizes the impact of ICT diffusion on decomposed measures of income inequality in post-Soviet countries. We apply the Cross-Sectional Autoregressive Distributed Lags (CS-ARDL) approach to examine the dynamics of our panel time series data from 1991 to 2019. Empirical evidence suggests that ICT diffusion is negatively associated with the income of the top segments (the top 1 % and 10 %)
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Enhancing cybersecurity capability investments: Evidence from an experiment Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-12-24 Angélica Pigola, Priscila Rezende Da Costa, Marcos Ferasso, Luís Fabio Cavalcanti da Silva
In recent years, investments in cybersecurity capabilities have emerged as an essential practice in reducing cyberattacks and optimizing the usage of technologies. Therefore, optimal investments in capabilities must be determined according to the cybersecurity scenario of firms. This experiment pursues an understanding of the effectiveness of the iterative learning process in investments in . Through
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Digital citizenship at school: Democracy, pragmatism and RRI Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Núria Vallès-Peris, Miquel Domènech
This paper presents a strategy for fostering digital citizenship at school that transcends the mere use of digital devices or instructional methods focused solely on their use. The core premise of this proposal rests on the need for an ethical-political debate concerning digitization in education. In addition, it emphasizes the need to cultivate a form of digital literacy that blends science and technology
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Irreversible effects? How the digitalization of daily practices has changed after the COVID-19 pandemic Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 V. Polyakova, E. Streltsova, I. Iudin, L. Kuzina
The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown made individuals rely more on digital technologies – for their work, study, shopping, and other daily routines. Self-isolation and compulsory digitalization increased stress levels due to a lack of traditional, offline interaction. These and other negative effects could cause ‘a digital backslide’ after the end of the quarantine, when people were given
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Associating environmental quality, human capital, financial development and technological innovation in 19 middle-income countries: A disaggregated ecological footprint approach Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Cengiz Aytun, Sinan Erdogan, Ugur Korkut Pata, Orhan Cengiz
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The adoption of social robots in service operations: A comprehensive review Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Laxmi Pandit Vishwakarma, Rajesh Kr Singh, Ruchi Mishra, Denizhan Demirkol, Tugrul Daim
A bibliometric analysis has been conducted by utilizing keywords and metadata acquired from the SCOPUS database. Following that, we focused on the adoption of social robots in service operations by conducting a systematic literature review of 79 articles shortlisted from Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCO Business Source Complete, and Google Scholar databases. We propose a research framework using the extended
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Artificial intelligence in healthcare institutions: A systematic literature review on influencing factors Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Julia Stefanie Roppelt, Dominik K. Kanbach, Sascha Kraus
The purpose of this review is integrating and contextualizing relevant literature on the factors influencing the adoption of AI in the healthcare industry into a comprehensive framework. Health systems are considered fundamental to creating societal value. However, global health systems are challenged by the increasing number of patients due to population aging and the growing prevalence of chronic
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Why do we not stand up to misinformation? Factors influencing the likelihood of challenging misinformation on social media and the role of demographics Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Selin Gurgun, Deniz Cemiloglu, Emily Arden Close, Keith Phalp, Preslav Nakov, Raian Ali
This study investigates the barriers to challenging others who post misinformation on social media platforms. We conducted a survey amongst U.K. Facebook users (143 (57.2 %) women, 104 (41.6 %) men) to assess the extent to which the barriers to correcting others, as identified in literature across disciplines, apply to correcting misinformation on social media. We also group the barriers into factors
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Automated decision-making: Hoteliers’ perceptions Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Stanislav Ivanov, Craig Webster
The paper investigates the attitudes of hoteliers towards the use of artificial intelligence in the decision-making process in various departments within hotels. It evaluates the preferences towards four decision-making approaches (‘human only’, ‘human-in-the-loop’, ‘human-on-the-loop’ and ‘human-out-of-the-loop’) applied to 23 decisions in 8 hotel departments. The sample includes 130 respondents from
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Envisaging AR travel revolution for visiting heritage sites: A mixed-method approach Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Pratibha Singh, Mahak Sharma, Tugrul Daim
Augmented Reality (AR) offers transformative potential for augmenting and replacing realities within a wide range of business and social applications. Within this, this study explores antecedents of behavioral adoption of AR mobile travel apps to visit a heritage site by substituting in-person and corporeal tourism experiences through a visualization technique that overlays 3D simulated architecture
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Platform affordances and spiral of silence: How perceived differences between Facebook and Twitter influence opinion expression online Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-11-25 Mustafa Oz, Saif Shahin, Scott B. Greeves
This study examines how perceived differences in the affordances of social media platforms influence users' willingness to express opinions on a controversial issue, viz., systemic racism. Drawing on a U.S. nationally representative survey, our analysis suggests that fear of social isolation has a significant effect on Facebook but not on Twitter. Moreover, three platform affordances — network association
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Role of shared identity and agency trust in online voting among Finnish citizens Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-11-25 Ali Farooq, Merrill Warkentin, Seppo Virtanen
This study examined the impact of shared identity and agency trust, governmental vs. third party, on Finnish citizens' intention to vote online. Using the integrated model of shared identity and trust as a theoretical lens, a within-subject quasi-experiment was conducted to understand the impact of agency trust on intention to vote online. The model was tested using data from 248 Finnish citizens using
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Towards a bright side of technostress in higher education teachers: Identifying several antecedents and outcomes of techno-eustress Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-11-25 Lígia Nascimento, Manuela Faia Correia, Christopher B. Califf
Digital education initiatives require higher education teachers (HETs) to include more technology in teaching and research. HETs therefore may experience technostress, a “dark side” phenomenon that is commonly framed as detrimental to individuals, organizations, and society. However, recent research reveals that there is a “bright side” of technostress called techno-eustress, which is beneficial to
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A journey toward global value chain upgrading: Exploring the transition from backward to forward integration Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Nebojša Stojčić, Matija Matić
Global value chains (GVCs) are embraced worldwide as a gateway to technological and economic upgrading. Countries integrate into backward, value-importing linkages with the aim of accumulating technological capabilities and transitioning towards creating their own forward, value-exporting chains and capturing a greater share of the value generated within GVCs. Existing knowledge, which is largely fragmented
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Navigating uncertainties of introducing artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare: The role of a Norwegian network of professionals Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 M, a, r, i, , S, ., , K, a, n, n, e, l, ø, n, n, i, n, g
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are expected to solve pressing challenges in healthcare services worldwide. However, the current state of introducing AI is characterised by several issues complicating and delaying their deployments. These issues concern topics such as ethics, regulations, data access, human trust, and limited evidence of AI technologies in real-world clinical settings. They
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Digital transformation and industry 4.0 employees: Empirical evidence from top digital nations Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Kashif Nadeem, Sut I. Wong, Stefano Za, Michelina Venditti
As the central part of Industry 4.0 (I4.0), Digital Transformation (DT) is being enthusiastically implemented in business organisations. Current DT literature has focused on business and strategy, but little attention has been paid to the organisation's human side. According to the resource-based view (RBV), employees are valuable resources in the DT process, and there is a need to understand how DT
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How the interplay between innovation ecosystems and market contingency factors impacts startup innovation Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Arthur Marcon, José Luis Duarte Ribeiro, Yasmin Olteanu, Klaus Fichter
The complexity of innovating in rapidly changing settings leads startups to seek help from external actors from their innovation ecosystem to deal with such market contingency factors. Therefore, startups rely on innovation ecosystems to find support for developing technological and business model innovations. Nonetheless, the role played by innovation ecosystems in the relationship between market
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Empowering sustainability in the built environment: A technological Lens on industry 4.0 Enablers Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Vikrant Pachouri, Rajesh Singh, Anita Gehlot, Shweta Pandey, Shaik Vaseem Akram, Mohamed Abbas
According to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the built environment contributes around 10 % of global GDP but is also a major source of emissions, land use, and resource consumption. The built environment also consumes one-third of global energy and produces 40 % of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The United Nations has set up the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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An examination of sUAS operations in proximity to a major U.S. Airport Technology in Society (IF 6.879) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Ryan J. Wallace, Scott R. Winter, Stephen Rice, Jon M. Loffi, Shlok Misra, Sang-A Lee, Joshua Park, Abigail Neff, Cole McNall
The use of small, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) has proliferated in the past several years. While operators are supposed to avoid operations in the immediate vicinity of airports, there are sometimes violations. In extreme cases, these violations can result in the complete grounding of flights at major airports around the world. These disruptions can lead to thousands of flights canceled and hundreds