The Political Economy of Digital Ecosystems: Scenario Planning for Alternative Futures

ISBN-13: 9780367653972 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 160 str.

Meelis Kitsing

Opis

Explores alternative futures for global digital ecosystems. It discusses how economic, political and social developments will shape them, as well as how these constantly evolving ecosystems shape the socio-economic context. It is distinctive because the author employs the concept of global digital ecosystems rather than the digital economy.

Spis treści

Foreword Tables Figures Author’s biography 1. Introduction 2. The Emergence of Digital Ecosystems 3. Global Political Economy of Digital Ecosystems 4. Multilevel Formal and Informal Governance of Digital Ecosystems 5. Scenario Planning for Global Political Economy 6. Alternative Scenarios for Digital Ecosystems 7. Alternative Futures for European Digital Ecosystems 8. Implications for Estonia 9. Implications for the Chinese Investments into European Digital Platforms Appendices Key terms and concepts Scenario planning workshop participants Crowdsourcing for scenarios Index 　 　

O autorze

Meelis Kitsing is Rector and Professor of Political Economy at the Estonian Business School (EBS), a nonprofit private university with campuses in Tallinn, Estonia, and in Helsinki, Finland. Previously, he served in different analysis and strategy-focused positions for the Estonian government and taught at numerous universities in Europe and the US. He received his PhD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his master’s degrees from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and London School of Economics.