The futures of the service economy in Europe: A foresight analysis
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In this article, the authors present a signalling exercise with a view to trace emerging dynamics in the development of the service economy in Europe and identify the most promising service innovation dynamics, and foresight scenarios demonstrate possible future trends of the new service economy.About:
This article is published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change.The article was published on 2015-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 90 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Service innovation & Service (economics).read more
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0): A Social Innovation Perspective
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Towards a more circular economy: exploring the awareness, practices, and barriers from a focal firm perspective
TL;DR: In this paper, a survey of 77 companies investigated the shift towards the circular economy using a taxonomy of practices and barriers, and found that firms favour practices related to resource and energy utilisation efficiency, while practices such as investment recovery, green purchasing and customer cooperation are less prevalent.
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The path-to-purchase is paved with digital opportunities: An inventory of shopper-oriented retail technologies
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Sustainable human resource management as a driver in tourism policy and planning : a serious sin of omission?
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Promoting smart cities in developing countries: Policy insights from Vietnam
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present empirically grounded insights about the policy implications of smart city development in developing countries, based on surveys of experts from the public and private sectors in 10 Vietnam cities.
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