Digital Technologies and Big Data from the Standpoint of Convention Theory

Stefania Capogna (2024) In Rainer Diaz-Bone & Guillemette de Larquier (eds.), Handbook of economics and sociology of conventions. Cham: Springer, Online first Since the nineteenth century, a growing usage of numbers and indicators can be observed in a society that had become increasingly complex. Indeed, abandoning the quiet life of the so-called community, based on tradition and direct relationship, requires the development of new rules and conventions to address the planning, organization,...