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Innovation systems in Chile: The four helix model of Chilean universities 智利的创新体系：智利大学的四螺旋模式

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-08-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103013

Marcos Cereceda Otarola , Yolanda Valdés Rodríguez , Juan Jiménez Albornoz , Javier Molina Palomo , José Rojas Vera , Jorge Reyes Badilla

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The Different Artificial Intelligences of Science and Wikipedia 科学和维基百科的不同人工智能

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-08-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103034

Jasper W. Korte , Sabine Bartsch , Rasmus Beckmann , Roxanne El Baff , Tobias Hecking

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The impact of financial technology on corporate total factor productivity: from the perspectives of competitive strategy and corporate innovation capability 金融科技对企业全要素生产率的影响：基于竞争战略和企业创新能力的视角

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-08-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103035

Zhefan Piao, Shengyang Zou, Huihui You, Yingxue Zhao

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Mapping success profiles for digital freelancers: A configurational approach using EntreComp competencies 为数字自由职业者绘制成功档案：使用EntreComp能力的配置方法

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103025

Julio Segundo , Raquel Florez , Maria Velez , Jose M. Sanchez

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The trade-offs of metaverse value creation. Real-Time-Delphi-based scenario analysis by 2040 元价值创造的权衡。到2040年基于实时delphi的情景分析

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103028

Monika Hajdas , Joanna Radomska , Aleksandra Szpulak , Arkadiusz Kawa

{"title":"The trade-offs of metaverse value creation. Real-Time-Delphi-based scenario analysis by 2040","authors":"Monika Hajdas , Joanna Radomska , Aleksandra Szpulak , Arkadiusz Kawa","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103028","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Metaverse, considered one of the decade's most transformative technological innovations, is a highly immersive, computer-generated 3D virtual space where users can interact through their avatars daily. Such an immersive environment may create numerous opportunities for retailers and enable them to advance their omnichannel strategies. However, these opportunities are difficult to determine due to considerable ambiguity and a lack of consensus on metaverse qualities and their social consequences, which may affect the usage intention and adoption. Balancing the metaverse's social, environmental, and economic goals could help determine possible ways to design it. Therefore, this study explores future metaverse scenarios, identifies values present (and missing) in these scenarios, and explores the scope of potential trade-offs in metaverse design. A real-time Delphi-based scenario study (time horizon 2040) was conducted with 15 experts. Based on experts' assessments of 21 projections, four scenarios were developed: <em>the Metawars, the Meta Business Models, the Great Escape, and the Surveillance Metaworld</em>. The scenarios were further qualitatively analyzed to identify their dominating and neglected values. The findings indicate that dominant values come from the <em>market</em> and <em>industrial</em> worlds. In contrast, most neglected in current thinking about the metaverse's future are the <em>domestic</em>, <em>civic</em>, and <em>green</em> values. The four metaverse future scenarios can serve as inputs for technology-in-use concepts and prototypes in the retail and omnichannel domains. The findings also encourage <em>a ‘what if’</em> reflection on how these scenarios might change if metaverse design considers values that may not be predominant yet.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 103028"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144810033","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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AI-powered personalization in e-commerce: Governance, consumer behavior, and exploratory insights from big data analytics 电子商务中人工智能驱动的个性化：治理、消费者行为和大数据分析的探索性见解

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103033

Hager Turki

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Nationalism meets machine heuristics: Investigating the effect of AI’s “nationality” on the perceived credibility of AIGC 民族主义与机器启发：调查人工智能的“国籍”对人工智能感知可信度的影响

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-08-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103032

Junyi Chen , Weixi Zeng , Yi Mou

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Internet use, social capital and high-quality employment 互联网使用、社会资本和高质量就业

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103031

Peikun Luo , Yongqing Chen , Donglu Shan , Pengcheng Wang

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Advancing the circular economy in Europe: The role of eco-innovation, economic complexity, and digitalization 推进欧洲循环经济：生态创新、经济复杂性和数字化的作用

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-07-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103027

Joshua Adeyemi Afolabi

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Industry 5.0 and opportunities for promoting supply chain sustainability: A study of the renewable energy industry 工业5.0与促进供应链可持续性的机会：可再生能源产业研究

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Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103023

Behzad Masoomi , Iman Ghasemian Sahebi , Anil Kumar , Morteza Ghobakhloo , Mohammad Iranmanesh

{"title":"Industry 5.0 and opportunities for promoting supply chain sustainability: A study of the renewable energy industry","authors":"Behzad Masoomi , Iman Ghasemian Sahebi , Anil Kumar , Morteza Ghobakhloo , Mohammad Iranmanesh","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.103023","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rapid adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies has led to substantial socio-industrial shifts, with impacts reaching into societal frameworks such as labor markets and environmental sustainability practices. In response, the fifth industrial revolution integrates human-centered approaches within sustainable frameworks, promoting both environmental and social welfare in industrial transformations. Industry 5.0 added value, such as increased human-machine collaboration and societal focus, and its role in addressing Industry 4.0's limitations in sustainable practices. This study aims to analysis the facilitators of Industry 5.0, examining their interrelationships to establish a framework for achieving sustainability in the renewable energy sector. The research employs a three-phase decision-making model, incorporating Fuzzy-Delphi Method (FDM), Best-Worst Method (BWM), and Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) approach. A subsequent sensitivity analysis is conducted to validate the solution's robustness. The study incorporates expert opinions and literature reviews to investigate eleven sustainability-promoting facilitators within the renewable energy industry, highlighting the substantial impact of specific facilitators. Examples of such facilitators include human–machine collaboration, digital and integrated process capabilities, smart manufacturing via exoskeletons, Industry 5.0 policies supporting supply chain sustainability through workforce empowerment, and mixed reality. The findings contribute novel insights into the realm of Industry 5.0, bolstering environmental and societal sustainability capacities within supply chains. Notably, this research marks the inaugural examination of environmental and societal sustainability drivers in Industry 5.0 era.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 103023"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144749340","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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