Innovation Ecosystems in the New Economic Era: Digital Revolution and Ecological Transition

Digital technologies are revolutionizing the global economy, modes of production, and consumption, but they can be incompatible with environmental challenges. Innovation ecosystems are emerging to address these challenges by focusing on the beneficial interactions between digital technologies and environmental challenges. This book details the paradigm of a new socio-economic era that emphasizes investments in innovation, R&D, and aggregation of expertise, skills, and knowledge through innovation digital ecosystems to support the digital revolution and ecological transition.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 25 May 2023
Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

Digital technologies are transforming the global economy, production, and consumption patterns at individual and collective levels. However, the socio-economic models associated with these technologies often clash with the significant challenges humanity faces, such as the urgent environmental crisis and climate change that herald the end of a linear growth model focused on producing, consuming, and discarding resources to pursue economic development that minimizes resource waste and environmental impact. To address this paradox, innovation must be responsible and serve the greater goal of sustainable development.

The emergence of innovation ecosystems provides a lens through which to question this contradiction. At the heart of these ecosystems, new technologies emerge as powerful drivers for addressing the degradation of nature, food, and the survival of species. This book explores the beneficial interactions between digital technologies and environmental challenges, shaping the boundaries of a new socio-economic era.

The authors of this book delve into the paradigm of this new economic, industrial, and corporate era that emphasizes investments in innovation, research and development (R&D), and the aggregation of expertise, skills, and knowledge through innovation digital ecosystems to support the digital revolution and ecological transition. By leveraging digital technologies and fostering collaboration within innovation ecosystems, we can strive for a more sustainable and resilient future, where economic growth aligns with the preservation and protection of our planet's resources.

Weight: 497g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9782875745248
Edition number: New ed