Industry 4.0 and Regional Transformations

ISBN-13: 9781032236629 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 276 str.

Lisa de Propris; David Bailey

Opis

This volume brings together expert contributors to explore opportunities and challenges that Industry 4.0 is likely to pose for regions, firms and jobs in Europe. Drawing on theory and empirical cases, it considers emerging issues like servitization, new innovation models for local production systems, and the increase in reshoring.

Spis treści

1 Disruptive Industry 4.0 +: key concepts Lisa De Propris and David Bailey

2 Servitization in Europe Ferran Vendrell- Herrero and Oscar F. Bustinza

3 Jobs 4.0 Arianna Pittarello, Antonella Trevisanato and Lisa De Propris

4 Transformative paths, multi-scalarity of knowledge bases and Industry 4.0 Marco Bellandi, Cristina Chaminade and Monica Plechero

5 Industry 4.0: transforming local productive systems in the Tuscany region Marco Bellandi, Erica Santini, Claudia Vecciolini and Lisa De Propris

6 Sustainable manufacturing: creating a regional forest-based bio-economy Paulina Ramirez

7 Driving factors in the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies: an investigation of SMEs Giancarlo Corò and Mario Volpe

8 Exploring Industry 4.0 production in Sweden Claudio Fassio and Max Nathan

9 De- globalisation, value chains and reshoring Diletta Pegoraro, Lisa De Propris and Agnieska Chidlow

10 Reshoring in the US and Europe Steffen Kinkel, Diletta Pegoraro and Rosemary Coates

11 Industry 4.0 and reshoring Steffen Kinkel

12 Technological readiness in Europe: EU policy perspectives on Industry 4.0 Mafini Dosso

13 Industry 4.0 and transformative regional industrial policy David Bailey and Lisa De Propris

O autorze

Lisa De Propris, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK.

David Bailey, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK, and Senior Fellow, the UK in a Changing Europe programme.