[AISWorld] TFSC (Technological Forecasting and Social Change) CFP for a special issue: EAST ASIA'S DIGITAL ECONOMY: GOVERNANCE, STANDARDS AND SOCIAL CHANGE

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TFSC (Technological Forecasting and Social Change) CFP for a special issue

EAST ASIA'S DIGITAL ECONOMY: GOVERNANCE, STANDARDS AND SOCIAL CHANGE

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/technological-forecasting-and-social-change
/call-for-papers/call-for-papers-east-asias-digital-economy-governance-stand
a/

AIMS AND SCOPE

Research on China's digital economy has recently been boosted by new access
to sources, closer collaboration with regional scholars, and special
interest in technology forecasting and the effects of the internet on social
change.  In contrast to studies conducted as recently as five years ago, new
research has shed considerable light on the significance of the major
changes occurring especially in China but also the more mature digital
economy markets of South Korea and Japan.

East Asia's digital economy has not only been a major contributor to
economic growth, it has also stimulated and shaped social change in profound
ways.  As well as precedents for individual and group participation
facilitated by online commerce and social network engagement, the growth in
scale and ubiquitous extent of practices fostered by smartphones used in
commerce and communication has helped reshape societies.  The popular reach
of companies such as Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent and the significance of
infrastructure and device manufactures such as Huawei, Xiaomi and China
Mobile have been major forces in shaping 21st century Chinese society.
These companies are shaping national and international social practices,
along with competitors and collaborators elsewhere in East Asia, including
KT, Samsung and LG in South Korea and NTT, Panasonic and Sony in Japan.  It
has only been recently that access to these companies and the governmental
bodies that affect them has been sufficient to ensure that we might build a
picture of the trends and social significance of East Asia's digital
economy.

This call for papers is intended to bring together scholarly contributions
from a variety of disciplines that will shed light on technological and
social change in East Asia.  We hope to have submissions about studies at
the industry and firm level as well as policy related analyses. 

 

SUGGESTED TOPICS

The significance of East Asia's digital economy

Changes in research directions/sources/methodologies in recent years

Trends, perceptions and regional activities

Relationships with major economies outside the region (especially EU and
USA)

Standardization, trade and domestic markets

China's standardization procedures for the digital economy and its effects
upon innovation

The changing industrial structure of China's digital economy and its effect
on social change

Cooperation and competition among East Asian internet companies and its
political implications

China's changing internet infrastructure and its social and economic
significance

Comparisons of firm entry and exit strategies in East Asia's digital
industries

Internet of Things and its standardization: China's approach and consequent
social effects

The deadline for submissions to the special issue is March 2, 2017

Guest Editors:

Jonathan Liebenau, London School of Economics (J.M.Liebenau at lse.ac.uk
<mailto:J.M.Liebenau at lse.ac.uk> )

Yu Jiang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute for Policy and Management,
Beijing (yujiang at mail.casipm.ac.cn <mailto:yujiang at mail.casipm.ac.cn> )

Heejin Lee, Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University,
Seoul (heejinmelb at yonsei.ac.kr <mailto:heejinmelb at yonsei.ac.kr> )