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{"title":"Artificial intelligence and wealth inequality: A comprehensive empirical exploration of socioeconomic implications","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102719","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102719","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study introduces a global database on artificial intelligence (AI) capital stock and related AI indicators. Using the data constructed, we investigate the impact of AI and capital stock accumulation on wealth inequality, a dimension not extensively explored in the literature. This study contributes to the growing body of literature on the socioeconomic consequences of AI, with implications for scholars, policymakers, and corporate executives. An innovative database detailing AI capital stock is developed by incorporating data from various sources, including corporate reports, industry databases, and scholarly literature. This novel dataset, focusing on the US, the EU, and Japan from 1995 to 2020, is a critical resource for future investigations. The research methodology is centered on an extended Solow–Swan model, conceptualizing AI as a form of capital that can substitute for or complement traditional forms of labor. A panel-corrected standard errors model is used to analyze the data, accounting for potential cross-sectional dependence and heteroscedasticity. Our findings reveal a positive and statistically significant correlation between AI technology adoption, AI capital stock accumulation, and wealth disparity. The analysis further indicates a complex interaction between income and wealth disparities, suggesting a mutually reinforcing cycle. This study fills a significant gap in the existing literature by offering a novel perspective on the distributional impact of AI. Our results underscore the importance of considering the broader socioeconomic implications of AI, extending beyond considerations of immediate productivity and economic growth. This study offers valuable insights for policy formulation and business decision making, emphasizing the necessity of a comprehensive understanding of the influence of AI on wealth distribution.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142314511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Creativity and collaborative performance of artists and STEM professionals","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102718","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102718","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the relationship between creativity and performance in collaborations between artists and STEM professionals. It investigates the antecedent factors of the creativity of artists and STEM professionals and elaborates on the performance of temporal and imperfect organizational creativity. A survey was administered to 969 Korean artists and STEM professionals, of which data on 131 respondents with experience of art and STEM collaboration were used for the empirical analysis by applying a structural equation model. The results show that an individual's intrinsic motivation, and creative personality characteristic positively influence creativity collaborative performance. Intrinsic motivation and creative personality characteristics positively influenced collaborative performance by the mediation of creativity. Our study contributes to the literature by deepening our understanding of creativity and collaboration between artists and STEM professionals, particularly in temporary and imperfect organizational creativity, which has not been addressed in existing discussions of creativity. This confirms that artists and STEM professionals have common antecedent factors of creativity, and that the coexistence of scientific and artistic creativity has a positive impact on collaborative performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142358938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancing innovation in aviation: Applying the Triple Helix Model and PMBOK in the UAE-Sweden partnership","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102713","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102713","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>To sustain economic growth and generate new ideas for innovation, academia, industries, and governments should cooperate to develop successful research and development ecosystems. Indeed, the collaboration between these parties is required to extend beyond the basic funding provided by industries to research projects conducted by universities. Hence, collaboration must occur in an integrated environment so that each party plays its role including problem identification, setting the regulations, funding, conducting the research, etc. On the other hand, due to globalization, collaboration in research and development has become international where teams from different countries or continents collaborate in various ways. Indeed, the integrated collaboration between industry, governments, and academia improves the impact of the research outcome on society by addressing problems of interest to society while involving all the concerned parties. One of the known frameworks in this context, the Triple Helix Model (THM), has been used in this study to foster international collaboration in aviation. The international collaboration involved two universities representing academia, civil aviation authorities, public funding bodies, and air navigation services representing the government bodies, in addition to aviation industries from Sweden and the United Arab Emirates. The focus of the collaboration was the development of knowledge-based open innovation in the form of a traffic management tool that optimizes, simulates, and visualizes delivery scenarios of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).</p><p>This paper aims to formalize the collaborative framework that has been used in the international collaboration mentioned above, and that combines the THM and PMBOK models so that it can be used for managing innovation projects of similar nature throughout their lifecycle. Moreover, the challenges that have been encountered by the teams involved in the collaboration are discussed in this paper in addition to the mitigation strategies that have been used to overcome them which can be beneficial for other similar collaborations. Finally, the study results encourage industries, governments, and universities to establish further projects based on the same framework to spur and maximize knowledge-based innovation for social and financial growth.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142238604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of an automated urban heritage monitoring tool: Between a techno-fix and fallacy","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102717","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102717","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The preservation of urban heritage is one of the main challenges for contemporary society and an important task for governments. The administration of urban heritage preservation (UHP) requires effective methods, as well as sufficient material and human resources. The administrative practice of UHP is embedded in the relevant regulatory framework, which comprises legislative and normative acts at municipal, national, and international levels. The scale and range of heritage objects to be monitored, the complex statutory basis of the regulatory framework, and the traditionally low human and material resources of city administrations all contribute to the ineffectiveness of UHP practice in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Vilnius.</p><p>Advances in technologies such as 3D spatial scanning and AI-based image processing offer the promise of a technological fix to the ineffective administrative practice. In this paper, we present a grounded design study aimed at developing a technology prototype for an automated urban heritage risk monitoring tool. Originally conceived as a techno-fix to the inefficiency of administrative practice, the prototype development reveals tensions and stumbling blocks within digitalisation efforts. Using the analytical lens of the Trifecta model of IT-based regulation, the case study examines the interaction between technological and administrative domains in shaping technology design choices.</p><p>Based on this case study, we critique the notion that IT is perceived as capable of providing “techno-fix” solutions to tasks requiring reflective human decision-making, especially when such solutions are expected to be effective without first redesigning the entire organisational system. The paper concludes with a discussion on the limits of automating administrative practices and identifies specific avenues for further research into the digitalisation of urban heritage preservation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142238557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Analysis of the functional dynamics of innovation for inclusive development systems: An event history analysis of the Nigerian growth enhancement support scheme","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102716","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102716","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Several studies have explored and examined the performance of technological innovation systems by assessing the functional dynamics. However, few studies have examined this in the context of innovation for inclusive development systems (I4IDS). This paper, therefore, aims to contribute to the conceptual and methodological basis of the functional dynamics of I4IDS by analysing Nigeria's Growth Enhancement Support (GES) Scheme. This paper seeks answers to the following questions: How can the functions of innovation systems be used to analyse the dynamics of I4IDS? What inducement and blocking mechanisms determine the evolution of I4IDS? and Which motors of innovation can be identified within the domain of I4IDS? This article uses a qualitative and empirical approach, the event history analysis, to explore how the GES Scheme's structural and functional components interact within the innovation system framework. By using events as the unit of analysis, we identify and map the functions, analyse the interactions, and build a narrative that examines over time, the functional dynamics of I4IDS. Through this, it becomes practicable to assess the different forms of cumulative causation and how these influence the build-up or breakdown of I4IDS, as well as identify the dominant forms of cumulative causation (motors) in each episode. As a contribution to knowledge, the trend pattern is depicted by the giver-receiver-participate framework while the typology of motors of innovation literature is expanded to a new motor relevant to the I4IDS context: demand-pull motor. We believe that the use of motors of innovation in the I4IDS context will contribute to the theoretical underpinnings of the emerging literature on the systemic evaluation of innovation systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142417862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development of the hostility and inclusion in gaming scale (HIGS): A gender-based analysis","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102711","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102711","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Electronic gaming is one of the fastest growing segments of the sports, entertainment, and technology industries. While the electronic nature of the industry offers many advantages, electronic platforms create psychological distance between players and perceived anonymity conducive to cyberbullying and cyber incivility, especially for those who do not identify as cis-gender men/boys. Therefore, there is an increasing need to establish credible and reliable tools to measure cultures of hostility, toxicity, and inclusion in electronic gaming. Consequently, the current study resulted in the development of the first known rigorous quantitative examination of hostility and inclusion in gaming, the HIGS. A five-stage process involving three samples (Sample 1 <em>N</em> = 150, Sample 2 <em>N</em> = 157, Sample 3 <em>N</em> = 246) was utilized. The results of this study led to the development of the HIGS with five distinct factors (gender/genre zoning and access discrimination, hegemonic masculinity, harassment/treatment discrimination, stereotypes and stigmas, and imposter syndrome). Several implications are outlined with a specific focus on how organizations, leagues, and teams can seek to implement the scale to better gauge their culture of inclusion for a variety of groups. The HIGS was designed to be applied across all gaming types and the subsequent results can inform all aspects of gaming policy and decision-making. The full scale is provided within the appendix.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142322635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Telemedicine and transformative health access for millennials-Gen Z: PLS-SEM based behavioral exploration","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102714","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102714","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Global health system is rapidly transitioning from conventional models to inclusive digital healthcare due to the pandemic and technological advancements. This transition has led to widespread telemedicine adoption in response to healthcare needs. In Indonesia, the implementation of telemedicine has increased significantly after enacting relevant policies due to limited healthcare accessibility. The younger demographic, namely Millennials and Gen Z plays an important role in adopting this technology, offering significant potential for future development and research. Despite the significance of this technology, existing literature lacks a comprehensive psychological analysis of digital transformation in telemedicine adoption, particularly concerning Millennials-Gen Z. Therefore, this research aimed to construct telemedicine adoption model by integrating psychological aspects of digital transformation and multidimensional planned behavior. A total of 205 Millennials-Gen Z telemedicine users were included in the survey. The results showed that commitment to digital health transformation among these age groups significantly influenced telemedicine adoption. Readiness to engage in transformation influenced behavioral planning, while beliefs, attitudes, social norms, and self-control intricately impacted an inclination and willingness. Furthermore, it was discovered that behavioral intention contributed to enhancing the user experience of telemedicine services. These results offered substantial theoretical and practical implications, guiding providers and policymakers in constructing telemedicine services that catered to public health equity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142230611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does artificial intelligence drive technology convergence? Evidence from Chinese manufacturing companies","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102715","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102715","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI), seemingly unrelated technological domains have become closely interconnected, creating favorable conditions for achieving deep convergence between technologies. This study, drawing on the resource-based view theory, investigates the relationship between AI applications and technology convergence, while analyzing the moderating role of digital orientation. We chose Chinese A-share listed manufacturing companies from 2015 to 2022 as our research sample to validate our hypotheses. Empirical results indicate that the application of AI has a positive impact on both novel and reinforced technology convergence. Furthermore, firms with a high level of digital orientation enhance the positive effects of AI applications on novel and reinforced technology convergence. The research findings contribute empirically to the field of AI and technology convergence, offering valuable insights for firms on how to leverage AI to drive technology convergence.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142238601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Potential application of generative artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithm in oil and gas sector: Benefits and future prospects","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102710","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102710","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the rapid advancement of technology and societies, the global energy sector now acknowledges that by integrating contemporary digital technologies into their operations and capabilities, can improve their competitive advantage and innovation performance and processes. Moreover, energy operators are also facing a significant undertaking: how to best use and secure large amounts of data that promote sustainable productivity performance and minimise potential threats in the oil and gas value chain and project operations. In view of the foregoing, various facets like Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) and Machine Learning Algorithms (MLA) are increasingly gaining popularity within oil and gas sector operations. Thus, we explored how GAI and ML algorithms can enhance oil and gas value chain productivity performance. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was employed to identify significant GAI and MLA variables influencing performance in the oil and gas value chain, while Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to test regression equations related to their application. The study found that risk portfolios and profiles can be appraised throughout the value chain by effectively utilising GAI and ML algorithms in upstream, midstream and downstream undertakings. While these findings are noteworthy and have significant implications for current practice, the paper advocates that an array of digital technologies beyond GAI and ML can still be examined during future studies to demonstrate a holistic perspective on how digital transformation can be achieved across the energy sector value and project operations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142238599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of industrial robots on low-carbon green performance: Evidence from the belt and road initiative countries","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102712","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2024.102712","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Global warming is intensifying, with Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries accounting for over two-thirds of global carbon dioxide emissions. As a pivotal technology in advanced manufacturing, industrial robots significantly impact the overall carbon footprint through their role in production processes. This study examines how the use of industrial robots influences the Low-Carbon Green Performance (LCGP) across BRI nations, utilizing a dataset spanning from 2004 to 2020. The findings reveal that the integration of industrial robots notably boosts the LCGP within these countries, a conclusion supported by extensive robustness evaluations. The novelty of this study lies in uncovering the underlying mechanism by which industrial robots improve LCGP through the promotion of technological innovation. Specifically, we find that industrial robots have a pronounced effect on technological progress (TC), an impact that is further amplified by increases in labor productivity and human capital levels. This discovery provides policy implications for BRI governments, suggesting that actively promoting the development of industrial robots can accelerate energy transformation and upgrading, thereby reducing carbon emissions. Our research fills a significant void concerning the environmental impact of industrial robots and offers new perspectives and strategies for BRI countries to achieve low-carbon development goals. These findings contribute significant theoretical and practical value to global environmental protection and sustainable development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142238667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}