Business Advancement through Technology Volume II

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. An Overview of Business Advancement Through Technology: The Changing Landscape of Work and Employment

   • Alkis Thrassou, Demetris Vrontis, Leonidas Efthymiou, Naziyet Uzunboylu

   Pages 1-18

3. Research on Robotic Process Automation: Structuring the Scholarly Field

   • Dennis Schlegel, Jonathan Wallner

   Pages 19-45

4. The Role of Technology Enabled HRM Systems in Developing Hybrid Workplaces: A Case Study of the Information Technology Sector in India

   • Sandeep Kulshrestha

   Pages 47-64

5. Engineering the Metaverse for Innovating the Electronic Business: A Socio-technological Perspective

   • Giuseppe Festa, Yioula Melanthiou, Pina Meriano

   Pages 65-86

6. The Changing Technology Use and its Impact on Leadership and Hierarchy Structure in the Virtual Workplace

   • Arkadiusz Mironko, Rosemary M. Muriungi, Anthony J. Scardino

   Pages 87-108

7. Conceptual Mutations of Change Management and the Strategy–Technology–Management Innovation

   • Charis Vlados

   Pages 109-133

8. The Spread of Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Employment: Evidence from the Banking and Accounting Sectors

   • Bernardo Batiz-Lazo, Leonidas Efthymiou, Kyra Davies

   Pages 135-155

9. Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work: Impact on HR, Learning and Development Professionals

   • Niki Kyriakidou, Karen Trem, Joy Ogbemudia, Nehal Mahtab

   Pages 157-181

10. Technological Innovation and Performance Measurement in the Sport Sector

    • Mario Nicoliello

    Pages 183-200

11. Opening up the Black Box on Digitalisation and Agility: Key Drivers and Main Outcomes

    • Salim Chouaibi, Matteo Rossi, Jamel Chouaibi, Alkis Thrassou

    Pages 201-225

12. Ecosystem Innovation as the Stepping into Other People’s Shoes

    • Gianpaolo Basile, Salvatore Esposito De Falco, Sofia Profita, Rosario Bianco

    Pages 227-246

13. Correction to: The Changing Technology Use and its Impact on Leadership and Hierarchy Structure in the Virtual Workplace

    • Arkadiusz Mironko, Rosemary M. Muriungi, Anthony J. Scardino

    Pages C1-C1

14. Back Matter

    Pages 247-250

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This two-volume edited collection explores the impact of technology on business advancement. Technology is a multifaceted and multidimensional phenomenon, carrying opportunities and risks. Business advancement therefore, can no longer be considered without technological mediation. While Volume I offers insights into technological improvements in the field of global marketing, Volume II focuses on the implications of changing technology on work and employment. It covers topics such as the role of technology in change management, digital transformation, and the impact of AI on employment. Taken together, the books move forward the study of organizations and technology and are ideal resources for business students and researchers.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Data Management
• Digital Transformation
• Social Media
• Mobile business
• CRM technologies
• Digitalization
• Neuromarketing
• Neuroscience
• Robotics
• Machine Learning

• School of Business, Department of Management, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus

  Alkis Thrassou, Demetris Vrontis, Leonidas Efthymiou, Evangelos Tsoukatos

• School of Business Administration, College of Management, Rishon LeZion, Israel

  Yaakov Weber

• Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

  S. M. Riad Shams

Alkis Thrassou is Professor in the School of Business at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, and a Senior Research Fellow of the EuroMed Academy of Business (EMAB). 

Demetris Vrontis is Professor and Vice Rector for Faculty and Research at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus, as well the Editor-in-Chief of the EuroMed Journal of Business (EMJB) and the President of the EuroMed Research Business Institute (EMRBI). 

Leonidas Efthymiou is Assistant Professor in Organisation Studies, with emphasis on Tourism and Hospitality. 

Yaakov Weber is Professor and Director of the Research Unit, School of Business Administration, College of Management, Israel. He is the Founder and President of EMRBI and EMAB. 

S. M. Riad Shams is Senior Lecturer at the Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK. He is the founding editor of the International Journal of Big Data Management. 

Evangelos Tsoukatos teaches Management at the University of Applied Sciences Crete. He is Associate Editor of EMJ.