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The Workplace of the Future : The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies /
No full textThe Fourth Industrial Revolution is a global development that shows no signs of slowing down. In his book, The Workplace of the Future: The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies, Jon-Arild Johannessen sets a chilling vision of how robots and artificial intelligence will completely disrupt and transform working life. The author contests that once the dust has settled from the Fourth Industrial Revolution, workplaces and professions will be unrecognizable and we will see the rise of a new social class: the precariat. We will live side by side with the 'working poor' – people who have several jobs, but still can’t make ends meet. There will be a small salaried elite consisting of innovation and knowledge workers. Slightly further into the future, there will be a major transformation in professional environments. Johannessen also presents a typology for the precariat, the uncertain work that is created and develops a framework for the working poor, as well as for future innovation and knowledge workers, and sets out a new structure for the social hierarchy.A fascinating and thought-provoking insight into the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, The Workplace of the Future will be of interest to professionals and academics alike. The book is particularly suited to academic courses in management, economy, political science and social sciences.Includes bibliographical references and index.The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a global development that shows no signs of slowing down. In his book, The Workplace of the Future: The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies, Jon-Arild Johannessen sets a chilling vision of how robots and artificial intelligence will completely disrupt and transform working life. The author contests that once the dust has settled from the Fourth Industrial Revolution, workplaces and professions will be unrecognizable and we will see the rise of a new social class: the precariat. We will live side by side with the 'working poor' – people who have several jobs, but still can’t make ends meet. There will be a small salaried elite consisting of innovation and knowledge workers. Slightly further into the future, there will be a major transformation in professional environments. Johannessen also presents a typology for the precariat, the uncertain work that is created and develops a framework for the working poor, as well as for future innovation and knowledge workers, and sets out a new structure for the social hierarchy.A fascinating and thought-provoking insight into the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, The Workplace of the Future will be of interest to professionals and academics alike. The book is particularly suited to academic courses in management, economy, political science and social sciences
The Workplace of the Future
No full textThe Fourth Industrial Revolution is a global development that shows no signs of slowing down. In his book, The Workplace of the Future: The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies, Jon-Arild Johannessen sets a chilling vision of how robots and artificial intelligence will completely disrupt and transform working life.
The author contests that once the dust has settled from the Fourth Industrial Revolution, workplaces and professions will be unrecognizable and we will see the rise of a new social class: the precariat. We will live side by side with the 'working poor' – people who have several jobs, but still can’t make ends meet. There will be a small salaried elite consisting of innovation and knowledge workers. Slightly further into the future, there will be a major transformation in professional environments. Johannessen also presents a typology for the precariat, the uncertain work that is created and develops a framework for the working poor, as well as for future innovation and knowledge workers, and sets out a new structure for the social hierarchy.
A fascinating and thought-provoking insight into the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, The Workplace of the Future will be of interest to professionals and academics alike. The book is particularly suited to academic courses in management, economy, political science and social sciences
The Workplace of the Future
No full textThe Fourth Industrial Revolution is a global development that shows no signs of slowing down. In his book, The Workplace of the Future: The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies, Jon-Arild Johannessen sets a chilling vision of how robots and artificial intelligence will completely disrupt and transform working life.
The author contests that once the dust has settled from the Fourth Industrial Revolution, workplaces and professions will be unrecognizable and we will see the rise of a new social class: the precariat. We will live side by side with the 'working poor' – people who have several jobs, but still can’t make ends meet. There will be a small salaried elite consisting of innovation and knowledge workers. Slightly further into the future, there will be a major transformation in professional environments. Johannessen also presents a typology for the precariat, the uncertain work that is created and develops a framework for the working poor, as well as for future innovation and knowledge workers, and sets out a new structure for the social hierarchy.
A fascinating and thought-provoking insight into the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, The Workplace of the Future will be of interest to professionals and academics alike. The book is particularly suited to academic courses in management, economy, political science and social sciences
Mallarmé’s presence
No full textDans sa thèse intitulée La présence de Mallarmé, Arild Michel Bakken interroge la présence de Mallarmé dans son œuvre. Contre l’idée dominante qui fait de Mallarmé le poète de l’absence, Bakken montre que la figure du poète est très présente dans le texte, et que c’est en réalité cette figure qui assure la cohérence de l’œuvre. Utilisant une méthode rhétorique centrée sur l’expérience du lecteur, la thèse montre comment Mallarmé se met en scène. La figure de l’auteur est bien ancrée dans la société de son temps, comme Français, comme petit-bourgeois, comme mari et père. Cette figure apparaît clairement comme une figure de poète, mais aussi comme « homme de lettres » et comme journaliste. La thèse montre aussi que le lecteur peut suivre la vie intérieure de la figure comme voyant et comme penseur. Même dans les textes les plus impersonnels, l’auteur n’est pas absent, mais assume la posture de la mystérieuse « Figure que Nul n’est », qui représente l’essence de la subjectivité humaine. Par la mise en scène de sa figure dans l’œuvre, Mallarmé cherche à séduire le lecteur, à obtenir une « gloire », à conférer à son œuvre une valeur. La figure de l’auteur, son ethos, est aussi un moyen efficace pour transmettre les valeurs du poète, sa vision du monde. Mais la vision du monde qui apparaît chez Mallarmé est constamment minée par l’ironie du poète, qui est le trait le plus caractéristique de sa présence.In his doctoral thesis La présence de Mallarmé, Arild Michel Bakken investigates Mallarmé’s presence in his work. Against the common view of Mallarmé as the poet of absence, Bakken shows that the figure of the poet is very present in the text, and that this figure is in fact what gives the work its unity. Through a rhetorical method focused on the reader’s experience, Bakken shows how Mallarmé stages himself throughout the work. The figure of the author is anchored in the society of his time, as a Frenchman, as a petit-bourgeois, as a father and a husband. It is clearly a poet figure, but also an “homme de lettres” and a journalist. The thesis also shows that the reader can follow the inner life of the figure, as a seer and as a thinker. Even in the most impersonal texts, the author is not absent, but adopts the posture of the mysterious “Figure that No One is”, representing the essence of human subjectivity. Through the staging of his figure in the work, Mallarmé seeks to seduce the reader, to obtain “glory”, to give his work value. It is also an effective instrument for transmitting the poet’s values, his world view. But the world view which appears in Mallarmé’s work is constantly undermined by the poet’s irony, which is the most characteristic feature of his presence
La présence de Mallarmé
No full textIn his doctoral thesis La présence de Mallarmé, Arild Michel Bakken investigates Mallarmé’s presence in his work. Against the common view of Mallarmé as the poet of absence, Bakken shows that the figure of the poet is very present in the text, and that this figure is in fact what gives the work its unity. Through a rhetorical method focused on the reader’s experience, Bakken shows how Mallarmé stages himself throughout the work. The figure of the author is anchored in the society of his time, as a Frenchman, as a petit-bourgeois, as a father and a husband. It is clearly a poet figure, but also an “homme de lettres” and a journalist. The thesis also shows that the reader can follow the inner life of the figure, as a seer and as a thinker. Even in the most impersonal texts, the author is not absent, but adopts the posture of the mysterious “Figure that No One is”, representing the essence of human subjectivity. Through the staging of his figure in the work, Mallarmé seeks to seduce the reader, to obtain “glory”, to give his work value. It is also an effective instrument for transmitting the poet’s values, his world view. But the world view which appears in Mallarmé’s work is constantly undermined by the poet’s irony, which is the most characteristic feature of his presence.Dans sa thèse intitulée La présence de Mallarmé, Arild Michel Bakken interroge la présence de Mallarmé dans son œuvre. Contre l’idée dominante qui fait de Mallarmé le poète de l’absence, Bakken montre que la figure du poète est très présente dans le texte, et que c’est en réalité cette figure qui assure la cohérence de l’œuvre. Utilisant une méthode rhétorique centrée sur l’expérience du lecteur, la thèse montre comment Mallarmé se met en scène. La figure de l’auteur est bien ancrée dans la société de son temps, comme Français, comme petit-bourgeois, comme mari et père. Cette figure apparaît clairement comme une figure de poète, mais aussi comme « homme de lettres » et comme journaliste. La thèse montre aussi que le lecteur peut suivre la vie intérieure de la figure comme voyant et comme penseur. Même dans les textes les plus impersonnels, l’auteur n’est pas absent, mais assume la posture de la mystérieuse « Figure que Nul n’est », qui représente l’essence de la subjectivité humaine. Par la mise en scène de sa figure dans l’œuvre, Mallarmé cherche à séduire le lecteur, à obtenir une « gloire », à conférer à son œuvre une valeur. La figure de l’auteur, son ethos, est aussi un moyen efficace pour transmettre les valeurs du poète, sa vision du monde. Mais la vision du monde qui apparaît chez Mallarmé est constamment minée par l’ironie du poète, qui est le trait le plus caractéristique de sa présence
Renewable Energy Federalism in Russia : Regions as New Actors for the Promotion of Clean Energy
No full textThis article has benefited from considerable input in the context of the author’s involvement as legal adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Programme. It is based on a presentation to the research seminar on New Actors in the Russian Energy Sector organised by the Russian and Caspian Energy Developments (Russcasp) and Aleksanteri CoE groups in Oslo on 12–13 December 2012. The author is grateful to Margarita Balmaceda and Arild Moe for the invitation to participate in the workshop. Many thanks to Katharina Merkel and Neale Tosh for outstanding research assistance and to Arild Moe, Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen, Patrick Willems, Anna Vishniakova, Anton Chernyshev and Alexey Zhikharev for their comments on an earlier draft of this article. This article represents the views of the author only, not necessarily of the organisations to which the author is associated.Peer reviewe
Sustainability innovations: The role of sustainability innovations in solving the sustainability challenges and increasing firm competitiveness
No full textEnglish summary
This dissertation seeks to explore how the implementation of sustainability innovations in firms can help us overcome the sustainability challenges and simultaneously increase firm competitiveness. This kind of research is important as the sustainability challenges are many, and firms are increasingly being pressured to help solving the environmental and social issues we are facing. In addition, businesses are faced with increased competition and must continuously improve in order to survive. Hence, the overall research question of this thesis is:
How can businesses contribute to solving the sustainability challenges and simultaneously maintain their competitiveness?
In order to answer this research question, four papers are developed. Paper 1 is a literature review of 100 peer-reviewed empirical articles, where the relationship between sustainability innovations and competitiveness is studied. Paper 2 is a quantitative study of Norwegian manufacturing firms that investigates how sustainability strategies affect the implementation of environmental and social innovation, and environmental and social innovations’ effect on perceived and objective firm performance. Paper 3 is also a quantitative study of Norwegian manufacturing firms that explores how the external shock of COVID-19 affects the implementation of environmental innovations. Paper 4 is a qualitative case-study of Norwegian oil and gas firms that investigates the role of dynamic capabilities in developing sustainability innovations and going into new markets like the renewable energy sector.
The papers find high empirical evidence in that sustainability innovations lead to increased competitiveness through increased value creation and non-financial assets, reduced cost and/or reduced risk. Thus, the findings contribute to the ongoing debate on sustainability implementation in firms, and show that firms can both contribute to solving the sustainability challenges, while simultaneously increase their competitiveness. However, the relationship is not necessarily straightforward as there are many factors that can influence the relationship related to national-, market-, industry- and firm factors. Overall, the findings contribute with important contributions to both to theory, practitioners and policy.Norsk sammendrag
Formålet med denne avhandlingen er å undersøke hvordan implementering av bærekraftsinnovasjoner i bedrifter kan hjelpe oss med å løse bærekraftsutfordringene og samtidig øke bedriftens konkurranseevne. Denne typen forskning er viktig ettersom bærekraftsutfordringene er mange, og bedrifter i økende grad blir presset til å bidra til å løse de miljømessige og sosiale problemene vi står overfor. I tillegg opplever bedrifter økt konkurranse og må kontinuerlig forbedre seg for å overleve. Det overordnede forskningsspørsmålet i denne avhandlingen er derfor:
Hvordan kan virksomheter bidra til å løse bærekraftsutfordringene og samtidig opprettholde sin konkurransekraft?
For å svare på dette forskningsspørsmålet utvikles det fire artikler. Artikkel 1 er en litteraturgjennomgang av 100 fagfellevurderte empiriske artikler, der forholdet mellom bærekraftsinnovasjoner og konkurranseevne undersøkes. Artikkel 2 er en kvantitativ studie av norske industribedrifter som undersøker hvordan bærekraftsstrategier påvirker implementeringen av miljø- og sosial innovasjon, og miljø- og sosiale innovasjoners effekt på opplevd og objektiv konkurransekraft. Artikkel 3 er også en kvantitativ studie av norske industribedrifter som utforsker hvordan det eksterne sjokket av COVID-19 påvirker implementeringen av miljøinnovasjoner. Artikkel 4 er en kvalitativ case-studie av norske olje- og gassbedrifter som undersøker rollen til dynamiske kapabiliteter for å utvikle bærekraftsinnovasjoner og gå inn i nye markeder som den fornybar energisektoren.
Artiklene finner sterke empiriske bevis på at bærekraftsinnovasjoner fører til økt konkurranseevne gjennom økt verdiskaping og ikke-finansielle eiendeler, reduserte kostnader og/eller redusert risiko. Dermed bidrar funnene til den pågående debatten om bærekraftsimplementering i bedrifter, og viser at bedrifter både kan bidra til å løse bærekraftsutfordringene, samtidig som de øker sin konkurranseevne. Det er imidlertid mange faktorer som kompliserer dette forholdet knyttet til nasjonale-, markeds-, industri- og bedriftsfaktorer. Samlet sett bidrar funnene med viktige bidrag til både teori, praktikere og politikk
Statement by Author
No full textix Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Introduction to Reaction-Diffusion Equations : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 2 1.2 The Model Equations : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 4 1.3 Systems With Similar Phenomenology : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 10 1.3.1 Semiconductor Resonator : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 10 1.3.2 FIS Reaction : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 12 1.4 Scope of the Dissertation : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 15 Chapter 2 Patterns in One Dimension 16 2.1 Front Solutions : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 17 2.2 A Front Bifurcation : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 18 2.2.1 "Domain Walls in Non-Equilibrium Systems and the Emergence of Persistent Patterns" : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 18 2.2.2 "Pattern Formation in Nongradient Reaction-Diffusion Systems: The Effects of Front Bifurcations" : : : : : : : : : : : : 19 2.3 Ising and Bloch Walls : : : : : : :..
Casting a glance across Balticum – Poland and her past in Arild Huitfeldt’s Chronicle
No full textXVI –wieczna Kronika Królestwa duńskiego, autorstwa Arilda Huitfeldta powstała na marginesie starań państwa o stworzenie nowoczesnej syntezy dziejów narodowych, mającej do spełnienia różnorakie polityczne cele, w odniesieniu do zagranicznego i krajowego odbiorcy. 9-tomowe dzieło omawia dzieje Danii od legendarnego króla Dana do roku 1559 (śmierć Chrystiana III). Napisane w języku narodowym, ma dość tradycyjną formę, bliską rocznikowi i kronice. Pozostaje historią pragmatyczną, realizującą polityczne, dydaktyczne i moralizatorskie cele. Mimo wielu słabości, historia ta przyniosła wizję dziejów Danii, kształtującą mentalność wielu pokoleń duńskich elit w epoce nowożytnej. Kronika jest świadectwem poszerzania się horyzontów elit duńskich tego czasu, które reprezentuje autor dzieła, magnat i kanclerz Korony, Arild Huitfeldt. Większe zainteresowanie Polską w tym kręgu mogło być skutkiem polsko-duńskich zbliżeń na tle skomplikowanego układu politycznego północnej Europy, splotu interesów i konfliktów (Polska – Dania – Szwecja – Zakon Krzyżacki – Gdańsk – Hanza – Marchia Brandenburska – Cesarstwo). Celem artykułu jest ukazanie, jakie informacje o Polsce i jej dziejach znane były wykształconym elitom duńskim tego okresu. Tradycyjny kształt dzieła rzutuje na dobór przekazów, który cechuje przemieszanie informacji ważnych z błahymi. Informacje o Polsce w większości mają charakter rozproszonych wzmianek, dotyczących takich zdarzeń jak dynastyczne mariaże, dwustronne traktaty, wojny i bitwy oraz pojedyncze, czasem „sensacyjne” fakty. Narracja bardziej rozbudowana pojawia się w odniesieniu do nowszych dziejów, w przypadku m. in. wojny trzynastoletniej. Pewne polonicum, choć akurat nie związane z rzeczywistymi faktami, zostało użyte w kry- tyce króla Chrystiana II. Znający realia systemu politycznego Rzeczpospolitej kanclerz używał polskiego przykładu w opisie ustroju Danii, który uważał za podobny.The enormous 16th century book Chronicle of the Kingdom of Denmark, written in vernacu- lar, is a testament to several features typical of that period’s historiography. As a utilitarian history it was supposed to deliver moral and political lessons and arguments. It has a tra- ditional form, in many parts annalistic. Despite several weaknesses, the work became very popular reading for generations of Danish nobility, influencing the development of histori- cal consciousness. The Chronicle is also evidence of broadening the horizons of Danish elites, a group to which the author, the Chancellor of the Realm and the magnate, belonged. The paper presents information concerning Poland, included in the book. The fact that it was so could be simply a result of historical methods applied in this period (among others, copying and repeating sources), but it could be caused also by growing interests in Poland, seen as a partner in regional politics with the Baltic Sea as the centre. Some closer connections be- tween Poland and Denmark, mainly in the 15th and the 16th centuries, could be connected with the network of conflicts and alliances among such political entities as: the Teutonic Order, the Holy Empire, Brandenburg, the Hanseatic League, Gdańsk and the whole of Po- merania. Most of the notes are scattered, rather short and do not create a comprehensive whole. In the case of more recent history, the narrative has a much more well-developed character (like for instance the case of the Thirteen Years’ War). Some Polish context (prob- ably fictitious) became useful when the author had to criticise King Christian II. Huitfeldt was also well-informed about the political system of the Commonwealth and included the information when writing about the Danish system, presenting both as similar
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