This open access book explores the multifaceted interplay of technology knowledge and place.
While digital technology is increasingly influencing our way of knowing conversely it is
itself the consequence of human creativity and local social interaction. Part I analyzes how
digital technologies transform markets through artificial intelligence and decentralized
blockchain models. Its contributions discuss novel governance mechanisms including the
responsible use and analysis of big data. Part II illustrates various ways in which technology
supports humanity be it algorithms supporting complex decision-making processes or the use of
robotics in care services. The chapters highlight that technology's efficiency and potential
rely on social norms and human capital. Finally Part III shows that digitization is generating
vibrant entrepreneurship reflected in geographically clustered urban scale-up economies as
well as opening up new ways for people to connect with one another organize civic engagement
and enable new forms of labor. The book offers theoretical reflections as well as empirical
cases from the United States Canada Japan South Africa and Europe. This volume provides a
valuable read for scholars students and professionals in the fields of knowledge creation
technology and governance.
