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Research data: FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (4IR)

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2021 Promise or precarity?: South African attitudes towards the automation revolution

Rapid technological advancement has prompted growing debate about the promise and challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) for s...

2020 Innovation policy at the intersection: global debates and local experiences

Worldwide, countries have to respond to local and global socio-technological shifts and needs, specifically the transformations wrought by a...

2020 Research to determine the potential impact of the fourth industrial revolution on the current and future regulation of gambling in South Africa

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is having, and will continue to have, a significant and multi-faceted impact on the gambling industry in So...

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2019 The fourth industrial revolution (4th IR): a theoretical critique of the discourse

Fourth Industrial Revolution (4th IR) is today's buzzword around the world. In almost every space, be it in intellectual seminars, corridor ...

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