The Governance of Digital Technology, Big Data, and the Internet: New Roles and Responsibilities for Business

Mikkel Flyverbom, Ronald Deibert, Dirk Matten

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    Abstract

    The importance of digital technologies for social and economic developments and a growing focus on data collection and privacy concerns have made the Internet a salient and visible issue in global politics. Recent developments have increased the awareness that the current approach of governments and business to the governance of the Internet and the adjacent technological spaces raises a host of ethical issues. The significance and challenges of the digital age have been further accentuated by a string of highly exposed cases of surveillance and a growing concern about issues of privacy and the power of this new industry. This special issue explores what some have referred to as the “Internet-industrial complex”—the intersections between business, states, and other actors in the shaping, development, and governance of the Internet.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)3-19
    Number of pages17
    JournalBusiness and Society
    Volume58
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jan 1 2019

    Keywords

    • big data
    • data collection
    • governance
    • Internet
    • Internet-industrial complex
    • privacy

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
    • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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