Volume 38 Issue 3 (2022)
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Editorial
Over the years, many a Prometheus paper has referred to the Matthew Effect, the observation from the Bible’s Book of Matthew that the rich tend to get richer and the poor poorer,…
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How research institutions can make the best of scandals – once they become unavoidable
We posit that, once scandals become unavoidable, they can be considered for transformation into opportunities for research institutions, scientific communities and science regulators to implement in-depth changes and policies they…
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The paradox of open innovation in Slovenian firms
Innovation and open innovation are expected to strengthen firm performance. The learning process and inbound activities are particularly important for catch-up countries and firms. The empirical evidence, though, is incomplete…
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Metaphor and theory: a case study of astronomy
Metaphors enable the understanding of one thing in terms of another. Although central to reasoning and theorizing, there is limited understanding about their role in theory development. This paper presents…
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William Kingston, How Capitalism Destroyed Itself: Technology Displaced by Financial Innovation
This second edition of Kingston’s How Capitalism Destroyed Itself is based on the assumption that during the twentieth century, and especially after the end of World War II, there was a fundamental…
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Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, We have Always Been Cyborgs
‘Transhumanism is the world’s most dangerous idea’ (pp.1–2), at least according to American political scientist, economist, and writer Francis Fukuyama in 2004. This sentiment echoes a time when even Walt…
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Edmund Phelps, Raicho Bojilov, Hian Teck Hoon and Gylfi Zoega, Dynamism: The Values That Drive Innovation, Job Satisfaction and Economic Growth
An abiding question for economists through the ages, from The Wealth of Nations (Smith 2012/1776) to the more recent bestseller, Why Nations Fail (Acemoğlu and Robinson, 2013) has been the source of prosperity for…
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Simeon J. Yates and Ronald E. Rice (eds) Oxford Handbook of Digital Technology and Society
Data have frequently been described as ‘digital gold’ or as the ‘new oil’. I cannot disagree more. Oil and gold are limited resources with high market value and a remarkable…
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Michael J. Boyle, The Drone Age: How Drone Technology Will Change War and Peace
The book title may be The Drone Age, but it is worth noting that drones are more accurately referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or remotely piloted aircraft (alternatively aerial)…
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Christoph Bartneck, Tony Belpaeme, Friederike Eyssel, Takayuki Kanda, Merel Keijsers and Selma Sabanovic, Human–Robot Interaction: An Introduction
Although the ideas that underpin Human–Robot Interaction (HRI) are not new, the concepts and organizing principles of this field have recently coalesced into a standalone, experimentally verifiable line of inquiry. The field…