%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2020 %T Editorial: Insights (January 2020) %A Stoyan Tanev %A Gregory Sandstrom %K AI %K artificial intelligence %K B2B sales %K big data %K business-to-business sales %K data-based value %K digital solutions %K ecosystem %K ecosystems %K Ethics %K Gujarat State %K Indian IT industry %K innovation %K IT clusters %K Knowledge Innovation clusters %K Networks Analysis %K regional development %K Roboethics %K Smart robot %K strategy %K Systematic literature review %K technology %K value capture %K value creation %K value sales %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 10 %P 3-4 %8 01/2020 %G eng %U timreview.ca/article/1298 %N 1 %1 Technology Innovation Management Review Stoyan Tanev, PhD, MSc, MEng, MA, is Associate Professor of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management associated with the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) Program, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Before re-joining Carleton University, Dr. Tanev was part of the Innovation and Design Engineering Section, Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense, Denmark. Dr. Tanev has a multidisciplinary background including MSc in Physics (Sofia University, Bulgaria), PhD in Physics (1995, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France, co-awarded by Sofia University, Bulgaria), MEng in Technology Management (2005, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada), MA in Orthodox Theology (2009, University of Sherbrooke, Montreal Campus, QC, Canada) and PhD in Theology (2012, Sofia University, Bulgaria). Dr. Stoyan Tanev has published multiple articles in several research domains. His current research interests are in the fields of technology entrepreneurship and innovation management, design principles and growth modes of global technology start-ups, business analytics, topic modeling and text mining. He has also an interest in interdisciplinary issues on the interface of the natural and social sciences. %2 Technology Innovation Management Review Gregory Sandstrom is Managing Editor of the Technology Innovation Management Review. Former Associate Professor of Mass Media and Communications at the European Humanities University and Affiliated Associate Professor at the Social Innovations Laboratory, Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, Lithuania. PhD from St. Petersburg State University and the Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, sector on Sociology of Science. Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Lithuanian Science Council and Autonomous National University of Mexico's Institute for Applied Mathematics and Systems. Promoter and builder of blockchain distributed ledger technology systems and digital extension services. %& 3 %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1298 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2020 %T The Ethical Dimensions of Public Opinion on Smart Robots %A Mika Westerlund %K Content analysis. %K Ethics %K Public opinion %K Roboethics %K Smart robot %X This article investigates public opinion about smart robots, with special focus on the ethical dimension. In so doing, the study reviews relevant literature and analyzes data from the comments sections of four publically available online news articles on smart robots. Findings from the content analysis of investigated comments suggest that public opinion about smart robots remains fairly negative, and that public discussion is focused on potentially negative social and economic impacts of smart robots on society, as well as various liability issues. In particular, many comments were what can only be called “apocalyptical”, suggesting that the rise of smart robots is a threat to the very existence of human beings, and that the replacement of human labour by smart robots will lead to deepening the socio-economic gap, and concentrating power and wealth in the hands of even fewer people. Further, public discussion seems to pay little attention to the debate on whether robots should have “rights”, or on the increasing environmental effects of the growth in robotics. This study contributes to the extant literature on “roboethics”, by suggesting a dendrogram approach to illustrate themes based on a qualitative content analysis. It suggests that smart robot manufacturers should ensure better transparency and inclusion in their robotics design processes to foster public adoption of robots. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 10 %P 25-36 %8 02/2020 %G eng %U timreview.ca/article/1326 %N 2 %1 Carleton University Mika Westerlund, DSc (Econ), is an Associate Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He previously held positions as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley and in the School of Economics at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. Mika earned his doctoral degree in Marketing from the Helsinki School of Economics in Finland. His research interests include open and user innovation, the Internet of Things, business strategy, and management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries. %& 25 %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1326 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2020 %T An Ethical Framework for Smart Robots %A Mika Westerlund %K AI %K artificial intelligence %K Ethics %K Roboethics %K Smart robot %X This article focuses on “roboethics” in the age of growing adoption of smart robots, which can now be seen as a new robotic “species”. As autonomous AI systems, they can collaborate with humans and are capable of learning from their operating environment, experiences, and human behaviour feedback in human-machine interaction. This enables smart robots to improve their performance and capabilities. This conceptual article reviews key perspectives to roboethics, as well as establishes a framework to illustrate its main ideas and features. Building on previous literature, roboethics has four major types of implications for smart robots: 1) smart robots as amoral and passive tools, 2) smart robots as recipients of ethical behavior in society, 3) smart robots as moral and active agents, and 4) smart robots as ethical impact-makers in society. The study contributes to current literature by suggesting that there are two underlying ethical and moral dimensions behind these perspectives, namely the “ethical agency of smart robots” and “object of moral judgment”, as well as what this could look like as smart robots become more widespread in society. The article concludes by suggesting how scientists and smart robot designers can benefit from a framework, discussing the limitations of the present study, and proposing avenues for future research. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 10 %P 35-44 %8 01/2020 %G eng %U timreview.ca/article/1312 %N 1 %1 Carleton University Mika Westerlund, DSc (Econ), is an Associate Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He previously held positions as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley and in the School of Economics at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. Mika earned his doctoral degree in Marketing from the Helsinki School of Economics in Finland. His research interests include open and user innovation, the Internet of Things, business strategy, and management models in high-tech and service intensive industries. %& 35 %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1312