What is driving the adoption of robots in industry?
Novel plant-level data from Germany sheds light on the current status and the potential determinants of robot use in manufacturing factories.
Novel plant-level data from Germany sheds light on the current status and the potential determinants of robot use in manufacturing factories.
Advanced digital production technologies are changing manufacturing and carry implications for the future of industrial development.
Digitalization holds promise for less industrialized economies but also underlines the need for increasing efforts in developing human capital.
Advances in production technology and a trend towards shorter supply chains make a return to “business as usual” highly unlikely.
The recovery of supply chains can be supported through trade policies and firm-specific initiatives.
COVID-19 struck at the core of GVC hub regions, with severe implications for international production networks.