scholarly journals The decline of computers as a general purpose technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-72
Author(s):  
Neil C. Thompson ◽  
Svenja Spanuth
Keyword(s):  
General Purpose ◽  
General Purpose Technology ◽  
Economic Forces

Technological and economic forces are now pushing computing away from being general purpose and toward specialization.

The multifaceted dimensions of potent nanostructures: a comprehensive review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepika Jamwal ◽  
Aashima Sharma ◽  
Rohini Kanwar ◽  
Surinder Kumar Mehta
Keyword(s):  
General Purpose ◽  
General Purpose Technology ◽  
Comprehensive Review

Nanoscience as a powerful general-purpose technology for commercialization.

Blockchains and the economic institutions of capitalism

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 639-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
SINCLAIR DAVIDSON ◽  
PRIMAVERA DE FILIPPI ◽  
JASON POTTS
Keyword(s):  
Data Structure ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Economic Institutions ◽  
Institutional Evolution ◽  
Network Computing ◽  
General Purpose Technology ◽  
Peer Network ◽  
Peer To Peer Network

AbstractBlockchains are a new digital technology that combines peer-to-peer network computing and cryptography to create an immutable decentralised public ledger. Where the ledger records money, a blockchain is a cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin; but ledger entries can record any data structure, including property titles, identity and certification, contracts, and so on. We argue that the economics of blockchains extend beyond analysis of a new general purpose technology and its disruptive Schumpeterian consequences to the broader idea that blockchains are an institutional technology. We consider several examples of blockchain-based economic coordination and governance. We claim that blockchains are an instance of institutional evolution.

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