Der Tagungsband zum 9. Wissenschaftsforum Mobilität an der Universität Duisburg-Essen im Juni 2017 untersucht den Einfluss der fortschreitenden Digitalisierung auf traditionelle Automobilunternehmen und neue Mobilitätsanbieter. Die Beiträge des Forums an den Schnittstellen der...

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The recent data controversy with Facebook highlights the tech industry as a whole was utterly unprepared for the backlash it faced as a result of its business model of selling user data to third parties. Despite the predominant role that technology plays in all of our lives, the controversy also...