Download or read book Complexity and Duplicity in the Digital Age written by Guillaume Desjardins and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociologists frequently differentiate eras based on the way commerce is undertaken (Ashton, 2013; Rose, 1991). Often, technological advance changes the way parties exchange goods, a phenomenon that has consequences for epochal change (Wright, 2004). In this regard, economic historians typically differentiate the feudal era from the industrial age because of the invention of the steam technology in the late 17th century and its widespread application in the mid 18th century (Ashton, 2013). The availability of the World Wide Web created the digital era. Whereas the old industrial-age epoch mostly limits work exchange within a defined era, the Internet permits expansion of trading parameters. While scholars mostly consider that in the era of the Internet substantial changes have occurred in relation to commerce and trading, most theories about management (particular those concerning planning and strategy) have their origins in the industrial age, the era before the Internet existed. Despite the efforts of scholars such as Allen et al, (2007) the full range of competitive strategy options available to modern firms may not have been adequately delineated. The present body of work argues that Internet-based technologies have influenced the emergence of distinctively post-modern or digital age industries and that, therefore, theory regarding competitive advantage such as those of Michael Porter must be revisited. The aim of this work is to provide a conceptual overview of the emergence of complexity in the digital era and indicate how this emergent phenomenon has implications for strategy generally and the employment relationship in particular, insofar as technological complexity concerns labor control. The project has produced peer-reviewed scholarly articles in mainstream academic journals. These articles address the consequences of duplicity for three kinds of actors : those who craft and implement business strategy; consumers; and, those in (what is conventional though of as) the labor market.