Industrial Revolution 4.0, Tech Giants, and Digitized Societies

by Tai Wei Lim

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811374694
• ISBN13: 9789811374692
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"