Acknowledgments -- About the editors -- About the contributors -- Introduction to the new production of users / Sampsa Hyysalo, Torben Elgaard Jensen and Nelly Oudshoorn -- Rethinking and extending theoretical approaches to the production of users in innovation -- Protecting the right to...

This volume serves to recognize the uniqueness of the moment; the number of new users of e-services worldwide will double during 2015-2018 (moving from 2 billion users mostly living in the developed nations to an additional 2 billion users mostly living in developing nations). This radical...

Smart home technology, an application of Internet of Things (IoT), provides householders with e.g., comfort, control and convenience. The technology has been around for sometimes, but its prevalence is not yet widespread, and thus the potentials have largely been underestimated. This paper aims...

AI has been through several booms and we have currently reached the 3rd AI boom. Although AI has been evolving over six decades it seems that the current boom is different from the previous booms. In this paper, we attempt to elucidate the issues for widespread adoption of AI in firms. Through...

"This book examines the applications of technology in business and marketing such as social media, big data, augmented reality, and virtual reality. It also explores effective ways to reach to the connected consumers who use devices like smartphones, iPads, laptops, glasses, VR equipment, and...

Since the mid-2010s, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has increased both people's expectations and their anxieties. Technology-centered optimism is largely widespread, hoping that AI will lead to a blessing of human life and society by maximizing productivity and efficiency....