Industrial Revolution 4.0, Tech Giants, and Digitized Societies

Part A Section on Industrial Revolution 4.0, Tech giants, and Digitized societies.- Tech Giants, Digitized Workplaces and Societies: Comparative area studies analyses of North American and East Asian responses to Industrial Revolution 4.0.- Digital Disruptions and the Workplace.- The Internet of Things (IoT).- The Rise of Smart Cities.- Conclusion.- Part B Section on Specific Case Studies.- Case Study 1 - Japan's Foreign Talent Policy and the Future of Robot Replacements.- Case Study 2 - Service Learning.- Case Study 3 - The Rise of Smart Cities in China - Domestic development and comparative perspectives.- Case Study 4 - 'Active Aging' and 'Healthy Aging': a comparative survey of coping mechanisms for greying populations in Japan and Hong Kong.- Case Study 5 - Cashless Convenience in China - A survey of its development and a case study of the political economics behind the Mechanism.- Case Study 6 -  A Traditional SME (Small and Medium Enterprise) in Singapore Turns to Digital Technologies for Boosting Retail Business.- Part C Section on Quizzes.- Quiz 1: Tech Giants, Digitized Workplaces and Societies Quiz.- Quiz 1: Digital Disruptions and the Workplace Quiz.- Quiz 1:  IoT.- Quiz 1: Rise of Smart Cities.- Quiz 1: Section A: Drawn from Chapter A5 Conclusion.- Quiz 1: Section A: Drawn from Chapter B4 Case Study 4.

Tai Wei Lim is Senior Lecturer at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore and Visiting Lecturer at Waseda University of Tokyo, Japan. Dr Lim graduated from Cornell University and NUS in History and Japanese Studies, and has worked in various positions at NUS, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Singapore Institute of Management. Lim is a historian by training and also an area study specialist (on contemporary China and Japan). Lim is a historian by training and also an area study specialist (on contemporary China and Japan), and he combines teaching across World history, Energy and environment histories, (North) East Asian history, East Asian studies (Japan and China), Japanese studies, contemporary China studies with a policy research portfolio focused on contemporary developments in Japan, Hong Kong and China.