Springer International Publishing, 2018 ISBN: 978-3-319-09068-9 Authors: Elias G. Carayannis, David F. J. Campbell, Marios Panagiotis Efthymiopoulos
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This volume covers a broad range of economic and political development issues enabled by information and communication technology (ICT). Featuring contributions from researchers, industry leaders, and policymakers, this handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities arising from technological innovations that profoundly influence the dynamics of economic growth, the promotion of democratic principles, and the protection of individual, national, and regional rights. Of particular interest is the influence of ICT on the generation and dissemination of knowledge, which in turn empowers citizens and accelerates change across all strata of society. Each essay includes literature reviews and key references; definitions of critical terms and concepts; case examples; implications for practice, policy, and theory; and discussion of future directions. The authors represent fields such as management, political science, economics, law, psychology, and education, and address current topics such as healthcare, energy and environmental policy, banking and finance, disaster relief, research and development investment, homeland security, and diplomacy in the context of ICT and its economic, political, and social impacts.
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Dr Elias G. Carayannis is Full Professor of Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, as well as Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Global and Entrepreneurial Finance Research Institute (GEFRI) and Director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, European Union Research Center (EURC) at the School of Business of George Washington University in Washington, DC. Dr Carayannis's teaching and research activities focus on the areas of strategic R&D partnerships between government, university and industry, technology roadmapping, technology transfer and commercialisation, international science and technology policy, technological entrepreneurship and regional economic development.
Dr Marios-Panagiotis Efthymiopoulos is Founder and CEO of Strategy International, a non-profit think tank serving global education, knowledge exchange and consultancy in political, economic and strategic affairs. Dr Efthymiopoulos has held various international, academic and professional positions, including at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University; George Washington University, Business School, EU Centre of Excellence; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; and the Institute of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus. As a frequently invited speaker, he has consulted for organisations such as the Hellenic Homeland Security Police, the Joint War College of Greece, the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operation and Training Center (NMIOTC), the UN and NATO Training Corps, and the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps in Thessaloniki, Greece.
David F.J. Campbell holds appointments at the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies at Alpen-Adria-Universität; the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna, where his research focuses on research funding, research evaluation and science of science; comparative analyses of political systems in democracies and the interplay of politics and economics; supranationality and empirical applications of systems theory and cybernetics. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Management Science at George Washington University; Research Associate and Lecturer at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna; and Visiting Scholar at the Department of Government at Georgetown University.
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