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Publication date: 1 October 2000

K. Ducatel, J.‐C. Burgelman and M. Bogdanowicz

Reports on a scenario exercise regarding the impact of digitisation on European media content industries, focusing on employment trends and changing skills. Concludes that the…

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Reports on a scenario exercise regarding the impact of digitisation on European media content industries, focusing on employment trends and changing skills. Concludes that the Internet will profoundly restructure but not destroy, existing industries. Highlights the needs for multidisciplinary and multimedia training programmes for the new digital age.

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info, vol. 2 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1463-6697

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Publication date: 1 April 2001

Ken Ducatel

The information society is an engine of growth, but it must be kept on track if it is to serve wider social and environmental goals. While ICTs can foster resource efficiency they…

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The information society is an engine of growth, but it must be kept on track if it is to serve wider social and environmental goals. While ICTs can foster resource efficiency they may also feed environmentally damaging consumption – paradoxically, the information society could be less sustainable than the industrial society. At the same time, the digital economy’s 24‐hour treadmill is increasing the pressure on individuals, families and societies. To achieve environmental and social equilibrium, should we simply adapt to the demands of the information society, or do we need to rethink our economic and social priorities?

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Foresight, vol. 3 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1463-6689

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Publication date: 1 August 2001

Marc Bogdanowicz and Joe Leyten

Information and communications technologies are encroaching on every sphere of modern life. New modes of networking and cross‐referencing are revolutionizing our management of…

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Information and communications technologies are encroaching on every sphere of modern life. New modes of networking and cross‐referencing are revolutionizing our management of data and thus the concept of knowledge itself. Now the advent of embedded technology and artificial intelligence promise to re‐open the debate about whether we are becoming masters of technology or its slaves. Co‐ordinating public policy with product‐oriented R&D has never been more important, for either the economic or cultural future of Europe.

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Foresight, vol. 3 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1463-6689

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Publication date: 11 September 2020

Petr Parshakov, Sofiia Paklina, Dennis Coates and Aleksei Chadov

Video games are considered as a leisure activity that makes being unemployed more attractive than before. In this study, the authors use eSports prizes as a proxy for the…

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Purpose

Video games are considered as a leisure activity that makes being unemployed more attractive than before. In this study, the authors use eSports prizes as a proxy for the popularity of video games to analyze its influence on total and youth unemployment.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors develop a theoretical model and empirically test it using the total prize money won by representatives of a country in a given season in eSports tournaments, via a panel regression model with the country-year as a unit of observation. The data set includes information about 191 countries between 2000 and 2015.

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The authors’ results of regression analysis show a positive influence of the popularity of video games on the unemployment rate. In addition, the authors analyze this effect for countries with different levels of income and labor productivity. The authors found a significant inverse relationship between income level and the effect of the popularity of video games on total and youth unemployment.

Originality/value

While previous studies rely mostly on self-reported data, the authors suggest a new approach to measure video game popularity. This paper contributes to existing knowledge with empirical evidence on how leisure activities affect unemployment at the country level.

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Journal of Economic Studies, vol. 48 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-3585

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Publication date: 1 March 1994

Teresa Rees

Gender segregation remains a remarkably persistent feature of the workforce in all member states of the European Union (EU), regardless of variations in rates of female economic…

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Gender segregation remains a remarkably persistent feature of the workforce in all member states of the European Union (EU), regardless of variations in rates of female economic activity, the growth of equality legislation and changing values prompted by notions of social justice. However, the argument that such patterns of segregation, in particular the clustering of women in low skilled, low paid work, represents a waste of human resources has a more powerful resonance in the context of converging economic and social factors. The creation of a Single Market, chronic skill shortages and an ageing workforce have combined with a more acute awareness of social justice and climate of political correctness to put women's skill and training needs higher on the political agenda than ever before. As a consequence, the Commission of the European Communities (CEC), which arguably has a good track record in acting as a catalyst in the promotion of equal opportunities (EO) more generally, is now in a unique position to challenge the rigidities of segregation through its funding programmes for training.

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Equal Opportunities International, vol. 13 no. 3/4/5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0261-0159

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Publication date: 1 December 2001

Paul Desruelle and Jean‐Claude Burgelman

Presents a view of the forecast impact of e‐commerce on developments of value chains in several economic sectors, with a time horizon of 2005. Highlights the scenarios that were…

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Presents a view of the forecast impact of e‐commerce on developments of value chains in several economic sectors, with a time horizon of 2005. Highlights the scenarios that were built and demonstrates that the impact of e‐commerce technologies on value chains may vary widely across firms and sectors, as a function of sector‐specific characteristics. Concludes that the impact of e‐commerce technologies and practices on firms in the current decade may be expected to be of the same magnitude as the impact of management techniques such as just‐in‐time, or total quality management, in the 1990s.

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info, vol. 3 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1463-6697

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Publication date: 1 July 2002

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International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, vol. 30 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0959-0552

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Publication date: 30 November 2005

Cecile K. M. Crutzen

Questioning gender is about taking an active, critical role in the technological design of our daily behaviour. It is a deconstruction of the oppositions that exist in the…

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Questioning gender is about taking an active, critical role in the technological design of our daily behaviour. It is a deconstruction of the oppositions that exist in the discourses of Ambient Intelligence designers, the ICT industry and computer scientists. What underlies the assumption that Ambient Intelligence will, by disappearing into our environment, bring humans both an easy and entertaining life? The gender perspective can uncover power relations within the promotion and realisation of Ambient Intelligence that satisfy an obvious wish for a technological heaven. The deconstruction of the promise of progress and a better life reveals what is overvalued, what is undervalued and what is ignored. This paper is a deconstruction of the view, currently prevalent in the discourses of Ambient Intelligence; a view of humans and the way they live. A view that will influence the way women and men will be allowed to construct their lives.

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Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, vol. 3 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1477-996X

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Publication date: 1 May 1995

Martin Fojt

This special “Anbar Abstracts” issue of the International Journal of Public Sector Management is split into six sections covering abstracts under the following headings: Culture…

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This special “Anbar Abstracts” issue of the International Journal of Public Sector Management is split into six sections covering abstracts under the following headings: Culture, Strategy and Organizational Structure; Leadership, Management Styles and Decision Making; Personnel and HR Management; Training and Development; Information Technology; Marketing and Customer Service Strategy.

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International Journal of Public Sector Management, vol. 8 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0951-3558

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Publication date: 16 March 2020

Rodrigo Vinicius Sartori, Dalcio Roberto dos Reis, Marcia Bronzeri and Adriana Queiroz Silva

This paper aims to describe how the technology forecast process occurs at a technology-based company named Daiken, a Brazilian electronics industry, located in the state of…

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Purpose

This paper aims to describe how the technology forecast process occurs at a technology-based company named Daiken, a Brazilian electronics industry, located in the state of Parana. The study helps to clarify the context that tech-companies in Brazil face when trying to forecast new technologies.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper opted for a case study, in a qualitative and descriptive approach. Primary data were collected through a semi-structured interview and non-participant observation. Secondary data were generated through documentary research.

Findings

Outcomes indicate that, for the studied case, technology forecast practices are adopted in an informal and unsystematic way, best aligned to the nature of competitive intelligence.

Research limitations/implications

Because of the chosen research approach, the results may lack generalizability. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to test the propositions further.

Practical implications

The paper includes implications for the adjustment of technology forecast tools to the reality seen in emergent nations like Brazil.

Originality/value

This paper fulfills an identified need to study how to conduct the technology forecast processes in small and mid-tech-companies in Brazil.

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International Journal of Innovation Science, vol. 12 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1757-2223

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