Volume 36 Issue 4 (2020)
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Editorial
Our first paper in this issue comes from Gary Lea, writing about artificial intelligence. We have published other papers on this subject of late and several book reviews, but Lea’s…
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Constructivism and its risks in artificial intelligence
The research and development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies involve choices that extend well beyond the search for narrow engineering solutions to problems. The label ‘constructivism’ is used to capture…
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A typology of strategies for user involvement in innovation processes
This paper investigates how an organization can involve users in innovation processes. Based on three case studies and the literature on spaces, user-driven innovations and design management, the paper develops…
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A hand-up or a hand-out? An argument for concierge services for the development of innovation capacity in startups
This study suggests that a concierge service, provided by governments, can assist startups to gain streamlined access to the services, capabilities and capital required to bring innovation efficiently and cost-effectively…
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Luis Pereira and António Lopes, Machine Ethics: From Machine Morals to the Machinery of Morality
Readers of Prometheus with its focus on innovation enabling change – ‘open innovation’ – may be drawn to Luis Pereira’s newest book with Antonio Lopes for a number of reasons.…
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Dennis Tourish, Management Studies in Crisis: Fraud, Deception and Meaningless Research
With considerable flair and lightness of touch, Dennis Tourish has written a devastating broadside against the business school, a scathing record of the missteps and misdeeds of management research from…
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Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth, The Ethical Algorithm
Some 20 years ago, the governor of Massachusetts agreed to make data summarizing hospital visits for every state employee available to academic researchers. To protect people’s privacy, the governor promised…
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Carl Mitcham, Steps Toward a Philosophy of Engineering: Historico-Philosophical and Critical Essays
Carl Mitcham has worked for many years on bridging the gap between philosophy (his specialist discipline) and technology (the one with which he has been engaging). He is probably the…
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Markus Christen, Bert Gordijn and Michele Lor, The Ethics of Cybersecurity
The greatest challenge in putting together any sort of resource on ethical cybersecurity policy is that it requires building a bridge between two disparate groups of analysts and readers. Social…
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Nicos Komninos and Christina Kakderi (eds) Smart Cities in the Post-Algorithmic Era: Integrating Technologies, Platforms and Governance
This book provides a versatile account of smart city paradigm development. While it offers an overview of the smart city’s underlying smart technologies (internet of things, data science, blockchain and…