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Digital platforms as enablers of circular economy practices: Insights from a Chinese province? 数字平台作为循环经济实践的推动者：来自中国一个省份的见解？

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103075

Hangtang Li, Zhijian Li, Peng Zhu

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Exploring the impact of US-China tensions on innovation outputs: The moderating role of the financial sectors in both countries 探讨中美紧张关系对创新产出的影响：两国金融部门的调节作用

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103061

Che Fang , Runguo Xu

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Impact of partners' geographic distance and technological similarity on firms' digital innovation performance: Evidence from the Chinese automobile industry 合作伙伴地理距离和技术相似性对企业数字创新绩效的影响：来自中国汽车行业的证据

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103076

Siqi Yang , Yan Lin , Shiwen lv , Shutian Wang

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Generative AI platforms as institutional catalysts of digital entrepreneurship: Enablement, dependence & power dynamics 生成式人工智能平台作为数字创业的制度催化剂：实现、依赖和权力动态

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103074

Kisito F. Nzembayie , David Urbano

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Deciphering technological advancements for efficient disaster management and community resilience 破解技术进步的有效灾害管理和社区恢复能力

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103057

Mehrdad Kordi, Myriam Ertz

{"title":"Deciphering technological advancements for efficient disaster management and community resilience","authors":"Mehrdad Kordi, Myriam Ertz","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103057","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103057","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Disaster management is typically conducted to prevent and respond to disasters. Technological innovations certainly contribute to both, but it remains unclear how. With the rapid technological advancements over the past decade, a comprehensive understanding of the latest technological advancements and their integrated applications in detecting and mitigating the destructive impacts of disasters has emerged as a critical concern for more effective disaster management. This systematic literature review focuses on three primary phases: pre-disaster, during the disaster, and post-disaster. It examines advanced monitoring technologies and sophisticated data analyses to facilitate immediate interventions. The comprehensive disaster management framework proposed in this study evaluates various regions based on their historical disaster occurrences and assigns a specific risk index to each region, thereby enabling the assessment of the preparedness of disaster response systems according to each region's potential. Furthermore, Big Data obtained through surveillance systems and the Internet of Things (IoT) communication sensors are processed using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms, enhancing computational awareness and sensitivity to changes in detection and notification patterns. By accurately delineating the input and output pathways, this framework aims to optimize supply chain management during emergencies, thereby contributing to achieving the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Through a systematic review of 135 journal articles, this study highlights the latest technological advancements for expedited disaster detection and response and proposes a structured framework to optimize disaster management and enhance societal resilience.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 103057"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145222784","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}

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When and how corporate digital responsibility contributes to a firm's reputation in society: Scale development and structural analysis 企业数字责任何时以及如何促进企业在社会中的声誉：规模发展和结构分析

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103067

Jawad Abbas

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Economy-wide impacts from different speeds of deployment of automated vehicles on European Union roads 自动驾驶汽车在欧盟道路上的不同部署速度对整个经济的影响

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103066

Ana Norman-López , Matthias Weitzel , Marie Tamba , Louison Duboz , Jette Krause , Biagio Ciuffo

{"title":"Economy-wide impacts from different speeds of deployment of automated vehicles on European Union roads","authors":"Ana Norman-López , Matthias Weitzel , Marie Tamba , Louison Duboz , Jette Krause , Biagio Ciuffo","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103066","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103066","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study analyses the socio-economic effects (gross domestic product, employment, and output) of automated cars and trucks deployment scenarios in the EU using the macro-economic general equilibrium model JRC-GEM-E3. Our analysis focuses on the major potential impacts referred to in the literature, namely, the expected cost of deployment at scale of all levels of automation for cars and trucks, the potential impact on professional drivers' jobs, the additional maintenance and repair cost of high-level (Level 4 and 5) automated vehicles, and the effects on vehicle energy efficiency, congestion and road traffic collisions. Since the last three impacts can vary depending on travel behaviour, six stylised responses are considered, ranging from a reduction in demand for road transport to a rebound effect, with and without sharing of high-level AVs. Overall, our results highlight, when sharing high-level AVs, that a fast and medium deployment are beneficial for the EU economy, independently of the behavioural response. When high-level AVs are deployed without ride sharing, non-environmentally friendly responses (i.e. those promoting an increase in energy consumption, congestion costs and road traffic collisions) can turn GDP effects negative. Sectorally, automation can change demand for workers in the economy, with the electronic and services sectors requiring more workers to build the additional components needed by autonomous vehicles, and the land transport sector suffering the biggest loss in employment due to fewer professional drivers needed at higher levels of automation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 103066"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145107927","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}

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Be a contributor or consumer? Effects of subscription on user engagement in knowledge-sharing communities 做贡献者还是消费者？订阅对知识共享社区用户参与的影响

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103063

Mingli Zhang , Xinjia Tong , Yan Zhang , Yu Wang

{"title":"Be a contributor or consumer? Effects of subscription on user engagement in knowledge-sharing communities","authors":"Mingli Zhang , Xinjia Tong , Yan Zhang , Yu Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103063","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103063","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In knowledge-sharing communities, understanding the dynamic impact of subscription on user behavior has become a critical focus for platform management. While existing studies primarily addressed on the motivations behind subscription decisions and continued usage, there is a lack of research on how users' engagement behaviors evolve after subscribing. This paper investigates the transformative effects of users' identity transitions during the subscription process on their engagement behavior, with a particular emphasis on content contribution. Leveraging a dataset of 380,580 users' behavioral records over 32 weeks on Zhihu, we examine users' engagement patterns during the subscription process based on identity theory. By employing dynamic propensity score matching (dynamic PSM) and staggered difference-in-differences (staggered DID) models, our study reveals that subscriptions have a negative impact on users’ content contribution behavior, while simultaneously fostering a positive effect on content organization behavior. Our findings offer analysis of the implications of subscriptions on user engagement within knowledge-sharing communities, providing actionable insights for platform management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 103063"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145222694","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}

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Can social media predict demand in humanitarian crises? A case study of the 2023 Türkiye earthquake 社交媒体能预测人道主义危机中的需求吗？以2023年日本地震为例

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103054

Parinaz Kiavash, Altug Tanaltay, Raha Akhavan Tabatabaei

{"title":"Can social media predict demand in humanitarian crises? A case study of the 2023 Türkiye earthquake","authors":"Parinaz Kiavash, Altug Tanaltay, Raha Akhavan Tabatabaei","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103054","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103054","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>During sudden onset disasters, the main objective of humanitarian supply chains is to efficiently attend to the immediate needs and demands of the affected people. One of the main challenges on their way is the accurate estimation and prediction of demand, especially when communication with the affected areas is limited due to the critical situation. In recent years, social networks have become crucial communication channels during disasters, particularly for real-time access to information. This study explores the role of social media, specifically platform X, in improving the efficiency of humanitarian supply chains by bridging the gap between the supply and demand of relief items. We aim to extract and analyze the spatial distribution of demand for relief supplies, as posted on platform X during the events following the February 6th, 2023, Türkiye Earthquakes, and to compare these findings with reports from traditional news channels. We propose a novel framework that leverages machine learning approaches such as BERTopic to extract key demand categories and named entity recognition (NER) to identify the geographical locations of expressed demand in X posts. By combining these techniques, the research seeks to offer a solution to improve the coordination and delivery of relief supplies in disaster-stricken areas, enhancing the overall responsiveness of humanitarian efforts. By comparing the extracted needs from platform X with official government announcements and traditional media communications, our findings show that social media plays a critical role in informing individual donors about the evolving needs of disaster victims.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"84 ","pages":"Article 103054"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145160195","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}

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The impact of environmental dynamism and board digital expertise on the method and scope of a firm's strategic change 环境动态和董事会数字专业知识对公司战略变革的方法和范围的影响

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103062

Chiara Acciarini , Paolo Boccardelli , Francesco Cappa

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