1st Edition
Society and Technology Opportunities and Challenges
1 ICT and social development: conceptual considerations. 2 I, Robot: between angel and evil 3 Next-generation networks as neneral-purpose technologies: the impact on economic development 4 After access: the importance of social capital and Internet use for human development 5 The regional shaping of ICT: exploring the links between ICT research, innovation and diffusion 6 Forecasting business software piracy rates: a machine-learning approach 7 ICT for education and health care systems: potentialities and discrepancies in low- and high-income countries 8 Role of social media and digital skills in adoption of online shopping in selected EU countries 9 ICT as challenging driver for social transformations in Serbia 10 The impact of ICT and digitalization on consumer purchase behaviour of Millennials as emerging economic and social force: the case of Serbia 11 Forecasting risks and challenges of digital innovations: towards a Socially Responsible Design agenda 12 Internationalization of an educational software as a service (EduSaaS) company 13 Evaluation of a company’s image on social media using the Net Sentiment Rate
Biography
Ewa Lechman is Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Management and Economics at Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland. Since 2017 she has been Vice-Dean for Development and a PhD Programme Director.
Magdalena Popowska is a researcher and lecturer of Organization Science and Entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Management and Economics of Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland.
"Understanding how information technology contributes to societal development through social responsibility is a timely question. The authors of this book provide a very interesting and complete picture of socially responsible technologies that guide both scholars and practitioners." — Duygu Turker, Yasar University, Turkey
