The widespread understanding that nanotechnology constitutes an emerging set of science-
based technologies with the collective capacity to remake social, economic, and …

The environmental implications of information and communication technology (ICT) have
been the subject of study since the early 1990s. Although previous research covers energy …

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) increasingly permeate everyday life in
industrialized societies. The aim of this paper is to explore ICT-related transformations of …

The environmental evaluation of new technology faces many challenges, but at the same
time it is an opportunity to take proactive measures to prevent possible negative effects on …

Information and communication technology (ICT) can be seen as a general-purpose
technology with wide-ranging socio-economic and environmental implications across …

The research aims to critically discuss key new biotechnologies in textile processing and
examines the foundation of the resistance to adoption of such technologies in emerging …

The social shaping of technology (SST) approach has been developed as a response and
extension to the ideas of techno-economic rationality and linear conceptions of technology …

Abstract Background Aims and Scope The pulp and paper (P&P) industry is traditionally
known to be a large contributor to environmental pollution due its large consumptions of …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to introduce sustainability as a new dimension of
information systems (IS) evaluation. Customers, policymakers and business partners …

The first two chapters deal with fundamental problems of definition and change. If practices
are to figure as the basic unit of social enquiry, how are they to be recognised and known …