A140. Yates, S. J., Hepburn, P., Wessels, B., Rice, R. E., & Carmi, E. (2020). Chapter 11. ESRC Review: Economy and organizations. In S. J. Yates & R. E. Rice (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of digital technology and society (pp. 323-343). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
This
chapter describes the analyses
and results for the ESRC Economy and Organisations, guided by two main
questions:
How do we construct the digital to be open to all, sustainable and
secure? And
What impacts might the automation of the future workforce bring? It
first provides an initial
overview of the major insights from the literature review and analysis,
the
Delphi surveys, and workshop discussions about the relevant range of
the
concepts of economy and organisation (initially, economy and
sustainability). Four
main topics emerged, including: Digital technology uptake by both
business and
consumers, Social and economic capital of citizens, Digital skills, and
Economic growth and change. Analysis of a specially curated set of 1900
articles over the 2000-2016 time period showed perhaps the greatest
change in
focus over time of all the domains. The earlier literature emphasized
information as a product (involving property rights, markets, law), and
some
technologies. The later literature
highlighted knowledge seeking, skills, communication, and uses. The
analyses
also identified the roles of theory (rather under-utilized, but, when
used,
primarily from sociology) and methods (the most common being literature
reviews) in this domain. The chapter ends with a discussion of future
research
directions (for example, the shaping and development of the digital
economy while
also fostering sustainability and participation, and impacts of digital
labour
on people’s life experiences), and research challenges (for example,
measuring
overall impact of a digital technology on a business, and measuring new
ways of
working and consuming).
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