Technovation - The International Journal of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management
Special Issue: papers Submission for the Special Issue, Deadline 31Th, December 2020
Guest Editors:
Steven Si, Zhejiang University/Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (USA)
Jeremy Hall, University of Sussex (UK)
Roy Suddaby, University of Victoria (Canada)
David Ahlstrom, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
Jiang Wei, Zhejiang University (China)
Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Social Changes in Digital Economies
The world is undergoing rapid and broad economic and social shifts as technology, technological innovation and entrepreneurship have increasingly changed and transformed the current social and business/management environments. Of particular note is the emergence of the digital economy that has largely changed the current business/management ecosystem and has contributed to the increasing economic growth and living standards in recent years. What can we learn about the technology and digital economy in 2020 and beyond?
The digital economy is sometimes called the
internet economy, the new economy or the web economy due to its reliance on internet connectivity. Now the digital economy is more advanced and complex than the internet economy, which, under one definition, simply means economic value derived from the internet. The digital economy refers to an economy that is based on digital computing and communications technologies, although we increasingly perceive this as conducting business through markets based on the internet and digital platforms. The internet and the digital platforms also provide new foundations (and organizational forms) for the sharing economy that has spread rapidly across the world and largely affect the current society and world.
Over the past years, despite the growing importance of technology and technology-based innovation and entrepreneurship in digital economies and improved economic growth, several key problems have emerged. Ever more people are feeling anxious and uneasy about the problems that arise with new technology utilization and likely job displacements. For instance, technological security problems, environment problems, sustainability problems, inequality problems, global future of business, and many other issues associated with the new technology and the digital economy. These problems and issues challenge the foundations on which innovation, entrepreneurship and management theory and practice are based. This Special Issue calls for papers that respond to these problems, issues, and challenges. These include, but not limited to: What are policies and solutions that can lead technology for the benefit of society while avoiding detremental outcomes? How can the development of such technology be balanced with the needs of society? How can technological innovation/entrepreneurship and social innovation/entrepreneurship be aligned? The new research is expected to yield new theory and evidence to address these concerns and provide new solutions for the new problems caused by new technology. This new landscape also offers important opportunities for creative and impactful research to actively balance the changes between technology and society, which generates extremely valuable research opportunities and important social responsibilities for management scholars today.
This Special Issue seeks manuscripts that explore the problems above and yield new theories and solutions. For instance, how can the development of technology and society be balanced so as to encourage economic growth and new venture creation without undermining key institutions that support the society? What are the differences between technology-based commercialized innovation/entrepreneurship and social innovation/entrepreneurship in digital economies, and how can such differences be balanced? The Special Issue, including its workshop, will ensure that the final portfolio of papers is relevant to the SI theme and to the advancement of Technology and Innovation Management know-how. Examples of relevant topics include but are not limited to:
What is the role of public policy and regulation in the digital economy in encouraging technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship?
Do the mixed models of technological innovation and social entrepreneurship generate broad positive impacts on societies? What are those impacts?
What are the differences between more developed economies and developing/emerging economies?
The rate of change in many developing/emerging economies is particularly fast – how do firms successfully adjust to this swift change through social entrepreneurship endeavors?
How should the technological security problems in the digital economy be addressed?
How can sustainability problems, such as environmental impacts, resource usage, inequality, social exclusion and related future global problems such as viral pandemics of the future of business be addressed by new technology in the digital economy?
What is the relationship between social responsibility of the new high-tech firms and technological development?
Novel high-tech and innovative entrepreneurship is generally perceived as a high-risk endeavor. If this is true, does the higher risk generate greater creativity for the high-tech companies?
What new theories can address the relationships between technology-based innovation/entrepreneurship and social innovation/entrepreneurship?
What is the role of micro-innovation/entrepreneurship in promoting economic growth and social development?
What is the role of knowledge acquisition, artificial intelligence (AI), business model innovation and technology in the digital economy?
Special Issue Workshop and Submission:
Please submit your paper through the journal’s submission system. All the submissions considered for publication in the special issue will be double-blind reviewed following Technovation’s standard review process. The deadline of the submission is 31th, December 2020. The Special Issue could be published in 2021 or 2022. In May 25, 2021, a workshop or an open conference associated with the special issue will take place for those participants who are interested in this Special Issue topic. The workshop or open conference will take place at Zhejiang University in the city of Hangzhou in eastern China. Please note that presentation at the workshop or conference do not guarantee acceptance of the paper for publication in the special issue.
