Abstract

DEGRYSE, Christophe. Technological disruption, social dereliction?.Translated byRoberto Ramón Reyes-Mazzoni. El trimestre econ [online]. 2019, vol.86, n.344, pp.1115-1147.  Epub June 23, 2020. ISSN 2448-718X.  https://doi.org/10.20430/ete.v86i344.995.

This paper studies the link between technological innovation, the transformation of business (and management) models, and the evolution of work. In a few pages, it goes through the history of technological changes and the debates that took place around the transformation of employment. Debates that had certain points in common with today’s questions about the future of work, like the effects of robotization, “uberization”, and digital transformation. It takes into account the possibility that the emergence of the platform economy could eliminate companies in their current form, and finds certain trends common to a new business model, which is quitting the field of social relations and positioning directly between the hierarchical firm and the market. It ends with a question: Instead of talking about the threat of a jobless future, shouldn’t we start looking at the threat of a bossless future?

Keywords : Technological innovation; business and management models; evolution of work; platform economy; industry and employment; social dereliction.

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