Call for Book Chapters
National Competitiveness Research 2023: Emerging Technologies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Institute for Policy and Strategy on National Competitiveness (IPSNC, ipsncr.org) has been publishing the National Competitiveness Research (NCR) annually since 2001. The IPSNC developed a new theoretical model on national competitiveness and operationalized the model by measuring the indices for more than sixty countries and regions around the world. Based upon these findings, the report also provides policy recommendations for governments to enhance national/regional competitiveness and business implications for companies to formulate effective strategies.
Since 2021, the NCR has been published annually by World Scientific Publishing based in Singapore. We have selected a special topic each year for the serial publication, and the topic for 2023 is emerging technologies and their relevance to corporate and national competitiveness. The discussion on the digitalization of business began as early as the 1990s, but the emerging technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing have only been a recent trend. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of emerging technologies by both firms and countries. Yet, despite the growing importance of emerging technologies, firms and governments seem to be lagging in effectively integrating them into their operations.
To address these future challenges, this book will address how emerging technologies have affected firms, industries, and countries. It also welcomes discussion on how firms and countries are responding to the changing environment to enhance their competitiveness through these new technologies. In this regard, we invite manuscripts either theory-building papers or empirical studies.
The following are some suggested topics:
- Opportunities and challenges of emerging technologies toward corporate and national development.
- Emerging technologies as a driver for entrepreneurship and competitiveness.
- The changing paradigm of the competitiveness of firms and countries due to emerging technologies.
- Corporate strategy and government policy in response to emerging technologies.
- Emerging technologies and the development of new business and industries.
- Determinant factors of effective adoption and integration of emerging technologies.
- Emerging technologies and social and environmental development.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
We welcome studies using a variety of methodologies at any level of analysis for firms, industries, regions, or countries
- Qualitative (e.g., conceptual development, case studies)
- Quantitative (e.g., experimental study, statistical analysis)
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL SHOULD INCLUDE:
- Chapter Title/Subtitle, Author(s), Affiliation(s), 5-8 Keywords
- Proposal, 300-500 words
- Chapter manuscript, 6,000 – 10,000 words (When the proposal is accepted)
IMPORTANT DATES
- Proposal Submission Deadline: February 21, 2023
- Notification of Acceptance: February 28, 2023
- Full Chapter Submission Deadline: April 4, 2023
- Review Results Returned: April 18, 2023
- Revised Chapter Submission Deadline: May 2, 2023
- Submission of Final Book to the Publisher: May 31, 2023
- Expected Publication Date: February 28, 2024
TITLE OF THE BOOK
The Competitiveness of Nations Volume 3: Emerging Technologies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
EDITORS
Dong-sung Cho
He is Professor Emeritus and former Dean in the College of Business Administration at Seoul National University. His previous positions include President of Incheon National University in Korea and visiting professor at Harvard Business School, Duke University, and University of Michigan. He has published numerous articles and books by publishers including Cambridge University Press and Lexington Books.
Hwy-chang Moon
He is Professor Emeritus and former Dean in the Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University. He has been visiting professor at universities such as Keio University, Beijing Normal University, Helsinki School of Economics (currently Aalto University), and Stanford University. He has published numerous articles and books by publishers including Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press.
Please make all inquiries or submissions to:
Professor Hwy-chang Moon (cmoon.snu@gmail.com)
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Wenyan Yin
Assistant Professor
aSSIST University
wyyin@assist.ac.kr------------------------------