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Industry 4.0 explores the emergence of disruptive digital technologies such as robotics, blockchain, nanotechnology and 3D printing and their impact on human lives and jobs in globalized 21st century societies. Incorporating a cutting edge area studies perspective, it considers the challenges and long term implications of the rise of ‘Tech Giants’ such as Alibaba, Google and Baidu through the lens of past industrial revolutions, looking back at the transformative technologies and industrial developments - the steam engine, electrification, telegraph, mass production, and the rise of digital technology - upon which the modern world was built. It investigates the mirror profiles of the world’s largest tech companies in the US and China (Baidu and Google, Alibaba and Amazon, Wechat and Facebook) and provides a unique comparison of Tech Giants with 19th century colonial empires and monopolistic trading companies in terms of political-economic dominance. A key tool for instructors and students focused on courses on Technological History, Digital Technology and Cultures, New Media, Digital Ethics and China studies, this book provides practical guidance on how readers can equip themselves to face key workplace and societal challenges in a virtually interconnected world shaped by Tech Giant monopoly.

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Author:   Tai Wei Lim
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
Weight:   0.483kg
ISBN:  

9789811374692

ISBN 10:   9811374694
Pages:   201
Publication Date:   26 April 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Part A Section on Industrial Revolution 4.0, Tech giants, and Digitized societies.- Tech Giants, Digitized Workplaces and Societies: Comparative area studies analyses of North American and East Asian responses to Industrial Revolution 4.0.- Digital Disruptions and the Workplace.- The Internet of Things (IoT).- The Rise of Smart Cities.- Conclusion.- Part B Section on Specific Case Studies.- Case Study 1 - Japan’s Foreign Talent Policy and the Future of Robot Replacements.- Case Study 2 - Service Learning.- Case Study 3 - The Rise of Smart Cities in China - Domestic development and comparative perspectives.- Case Study 4 - ‘Active Aging’ and ‘Healthy Aging’: a comparative survey of coping mechanisms for greying populations in Japan and Hong Kong.- Case Study 5 - Cashless Convenience in China - A survey of its development and a case study of the political economics behind the Mechanism.- Case Study 6 -  A Traditional SME (Small and Medium Enterprise) in Singapore Turns to Digital Technologies for Boosting Retail Business.- Part C Section on Quizzes.- Quiz 1: Tech Giants, Digitized Workplaces and Societies Quiz.- Quiz 1: Digital Disruptions and the Workplace Quiz.- Quiz 1:  IoT.- Quiz 1: Rise of Smart Cities.- Quiz 1: Section A: Drawn from Chapter A5 Conclusion.- Quiz 1: Section A: Drawn from Chapter B4 Case Study 4.

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Tai Wei Lim is Senior Lecturer at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore and Visiting Lecturer at Waseda University of Tokyo, Japan. Dr Lim graduated from Cornell University and NUS in History and Japanese Studies, and has worked in various positions at NUS, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Singapore Institute of Management. Lim is a historian by training and also an area study specialist (on contemporary China and Japan). Lim is a historian by training and also an area study specialist (on contemporary China and Japan), and he combines teaching across World history, Energy and environment histories, (North) East Asian history, East Asian studies (Japan and China), Japanese studies, contemporary China studies with a policy research portfolio focused on contemporary developments in Japan, Hong Kong and China.

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