This book helps decision makers grasp the importance, and applicability to business, of the new technologies and extended connectivity of systems that underlie what is becoming known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution: technologies and systems such as artificial intelligence, machine learning,...

The adoption of a Global Digital Compact (GDC) as one of the outcomes of the Summit of the Future opens up the opportunity to address in a systematic manner issues that are of critical importance for the digital global governance. It also poses a challenge to developing countries, as most of...

In this article we discuss the futures of work and robotics. We evaluate key future trends in the field of robotics and analyse different scenarios regarding the futures of human beings and work life. Subsequently, we present a roadmap of robotics, which covers key aspects of industrial and...

Digitale Maschinen wie selbstfahrende Autos, Drohnen oder 3D-Drucker sind jetzt schon schlauer, besser und schneller, als man es je für möglich gehalten hätte. Onlineplattformen ändern das Verhältnis von Angebot und Nachfrage und bringen neue Marktführer hervor - in der Musikindustrie,...