Innovation Management in Robot Society

This book examines 'knowledge friction' within an institutional environment based on a change management perspective. It presents a framework that differentiates types of digital knowledge assets and emerging organizational and technological capabilities.

List of contents

1. Powerful Robot Laborers in the 21st Century 2. Innovation Networks and Partnerships 3. Social and Cultural Friction as Creative Forces 4. Two Cases of Robots in Medical Science and Health Care 5. Robots in Eldercare 6. Robots in Services 7. Robots in Agriculture 8. The Paradoxes of Friction Management 9. Conclusion: Implications for Innovative Workers and Their Place in Robot Society

About the author

Kristian Wasen is a Researcher in Management Studies at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Summary

This book examines ‘knowledge friction’ within an institutional environment based on a change management perspective. It presents a framework that differentiates types of digital knowledge assets and emerging organizational and technological capabilities.

Product details

• Authors: Kristian Wasen, Kristian Wasén
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.03.2015
• EAN: 9781138790049
• ISBN: 978-1-138-79004-9
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Routledge Studies in Technology, Work and Organizations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Knowledge Capital, Organizational theory & behaviour, Research & development management, Organizational theory and behaviour, Research and development management