Digital Transformation of Labor

Anthony Larsson (Ph.D.) is a researcher at the Stockholm School of Economics Institute for Research (SIR), Sweden. He holds a Ph.D. from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. He also holds an MBA and M.Sc. degrees in political science, social anthropology, and business administration and economics respectively, as well as an associate degree in psychology. Robin Teigland (Ph.D.) is Professor of Management of Digitalization in the Entrepreneurship and Strategy Division at the Department of Technology Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. She is also Professor of Business Administration with a specialization in strategic information systems management at the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

• Foreword: galaxy incognitoDR. KJELL A. NORDSTRÖM1 A journey of a thousand miles: an introduction to the digitalization of laborANTHONY LARSSONPART I Practical utilization of new technologies2 Behind the history of labor: technology as the driving forceALEXANDER BARD, JAN SÖDERQVIST AND ANTHONY LARSSON3 The substitution of labor: from technological feasibility to other factors influencing the potential of job automationJOCHEM VAN DER ZANDE, KAROLINE TEIGLAND, SHAHRYAR SIRI AND ROBIN TEIGLAND4 Minimum wages for online labor platforms? Regulating the global gig economyALEX J. WOOD, MARK GRAHAM AND MOHAMMAD AMIR ANWAR5 The digital disruption of science: governments and scientists toward an “Open Science”ANTOINE MAIRE6 Black boxes of cognitive computers and the impact on labor marketsVICTOR ERIK BERNHARDTZ7 AI leadership and the future of corporate governance: changing demands for board competenceFERNANDA TORRE, ROBIN TEIGLAND AND LISELOTTE ENGSTAMPART II The role of the digital welfare state8 Polarization, tax revenue and the welfare state: digital disruption or still standing strong?MÅRTEN BLIX9 Welfare states and digitalizationBENT GREVE10 “Gig patients”: health and dental care in the gig economyANTHONY LARSSON AND DOMINIKA SABOLOVÁPART III Digital disruption of status quo11 GDPR: what are the risks and who benefits?ANTHONY LARSSON AND PERNILLA LILJA12 Players for hire: games and the future of low-skill workEDWARD CASTRONOVA13 The global gig economy: toward a planetary labor marketMARK GRAHAM AND MOHAMMAD AMIR ANWAR14 Identifying the digital gender divide: how digitalization may affect the future working conditions for womenANTHONY LARSSON AND YAMIT VIITAOJA15 Consulting in the digital era? The role of tomorrow’s management consultantsANTHONY LARSSON, NICOLE ANDERSSON, PETER MARKOWSKI, MALIN NILSSON AND IVY MAYOR16 Digitalization, circular economy and the future of labor: how circular economy and digital transformation can affect laborANTHONY LARSSON AND LINN LINDFREDPART IV Conclusion17 Conclusion: the digital transformation of labor – where do we go from here?ANTHONY LARSSONAfterword: impact of digitalization on employment and working conditionsJOHN ØVRETVEITIndex

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