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Sage Global Business Environment Shifting Paradigms in the Fourth Industrial Revolution 2019 Edition by Mansi Kapoor
Discusses the shifting paradigms in global business environment in the Fourth Industrial RevolutionGlobal Business Environment provides a comprehensive account of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It captures the current shifts in the global environment for business caused mainly by the disruptive nature of rapid technological advancements and the consequences of globalization, which impact political, social and economic changes. Furnished with up-to-date examples and case studies, the book presents an exhaustive yet lucid view of current socio-economic realities, latest technological advancements, political undercurrents, and the issues and challenges confronting organizations and institutions both globally and locally. Besides students of management, this text will prove to be an indispensable companion for those pursuing courses in liberal arts, social sciences and economics. Key Features:* Systematic study of current trends in technology ranging from blockchain to artificial intelligence (AI)* Insights on modern concepts in economic thinking such as concept of circular economy and behavioural economics * Latest topics enriching the contextual knowledge in which businesses operate such as migration crisis, climate change, existential threats and new age idealism. Table of contents : - PrefaceIntroduction: Shifting Paradigms-Global Business Environment in the Fourth Industrial RevolutionPart One: Technology and AI: The Heart of the Fourth Industrial RevolutionOf intelligence: Artificial, Real and SuperVersions of Reality: Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed RealityBlockchain: Perspectives and ImplicationsFuture of Manufacturing: Additive ManufacturingBuzzing Science of the Brain and the Mind: Neuroscience and MindfulnessPart Two: New Age Economics: New Frontiers in Economic ThoughtAn Introduction to the Circular EconomyAn Introduction to Behavioural EconomicsEconomic NationalismThe Sharing Economy and the PlatformPart Three: The Right and Left of International PoliticsIdentity Politics: Issues and ChallengesThe Right and Left of the March of Authoritarians and PopulistsDemocracy: Dead or AliveRising China and the Rest of the WorldPart Four: Society and Culture: The Changing DynamicsThe Generations: Millennials and BeyondMigrants, Walls and Ageing DemographicsRethinking CapitalismCurrent Trends in CultureThemes in Future of WorkPart Five: Issues and Challenges of the 21st CenturyAn Endangered Planet: Endangered Climate Change AgendaInequality: The Spark behind Every RevolutionPrivacy in the Digital World: Issues and ChallengesExistential Threat: AI and the End GameHeroic Spirit and Ideals for the 21st CenturyBibliographyIndex