Overview
- Written by experienced practitioners and academics in the field
- Offers decision makers practical, independent and authoritative guidance to prepare for challenges ahead
- Provides short, bite-sized, nuggets, with frameworks supported by a deep set of practical and up-to-the-minute case studies
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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The Era of Intelligent Systems
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Intelligent Agents, Machine Learning and Advanced Neural Networks
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The Cross-cutting Concerns of Artificial Intelligence
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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Business
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About this book
This book helps decision makers grasp the importance, and applicability to business, of the new technologies and extended connectivity of systems that underlie what is becoming known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution: technologies and systems such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, 3D printing, the internet of things, virtual and augmented reality, big data and mobile networks.Â
The WEF, OECD and UN all agree that humanity is on the cusp of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. As intelligent systems become integrated into every aspect of our lives this revolution will induce cultural and societal change of a magnitude hitherto unforeseen. These technologies challenge the values, customer experience and business propositions that have been the mainstay of almost every business and organization in existence. By redefining and encapsulating new value structures with emerging intelligent technologies, new innovative models are being created, and brought to market. Understanding the potential and impact of these changes will be a fundamental leadership requirement over the coming years.Skilton and Hovsepian provide decision makers with practical, independent and authoritative guidance to help them prepare for the changes we are all likely to witness due to the rapid convergence of technological advances.
In short, bite-sized, nuggets, with frameworks supported by a deep set of practical and up-to-the-minute case studies, they shine light on the new business models and enterprise architectures emerging as businesses seek to build strategies to thrive within this brave new world.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Mark Skilton is Professor of Practice in Information Systems Management at Warwick Business School. He has over 30 years experience in business technology consulting in over 20 countries and cross-industries specializing in digital strategy and advanced technology innovation, design and adoption. He is the author of two books, including the Digital Enterprise and Digital Ecosystem Architecture. He is a frequent speaker in the international media, and has contributed to publications including the FT, WSJ, NYT, WSJ, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Reuters, AP, Mail, Forbes, NewScientist, Nature, Scientific American, and channels including BBC, Sky, ITV and Al Jazeera. His research and advisory work includes CxO practices for digitization, productivity, cyber, Internet of Things and Automated Intelligence.
Felix Hovsepian is a consulting CTO with academic research interests in mathematics and systems engineering. His PhD in Computer Science focused on Artificial Intelligenceand he spent over four years undertaking research in AI and Automated Reasoning, followed by a decade-long academic career as professor of informatics at Western International University. He has designed and built enterprise-level imaging systems for multi-national engineering companies, x-ray imaging systems for dentists, a fingerprint recognition system and various eLearning systems.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The 4th Industrial Revolution
Book Subtitle: Responding to the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Business
Authors: Mark Skilton, Felix Hovsepian
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62479-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62478-5Published: 18 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87323-7Published: 31 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62479-2Published: 28 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXV, 322
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations
Topics: Innovation/Technology Management, Enterprise Architecture