Is Industry 4.0 driving the backshoring of manufacturing activity?
The potential for bringing production back home crucially depends on local innovation ecosystems.
The potential for bringing production back home crucially depends on local innovation ecosystems.
La posibilidad de volver a producir localmente depende de manera fundamental de los ecosistemas locales de innovación.
Novel plant-level data from Germany sheds light on the current status and the potential determinants of robot use in manufacturing factories.
Nuevos datos a nivel de planta de Alemania dan claridad sobre la situación actual y los posibles determinantes del uso de robots en las fábricas.
Differences between data sources make it challenging to identify the leaders and laggards in the adoption of industrial robots.
Diferencias entre las fuentes disponibles dificultan la identificación de líderes y rezagados en la adopción de robots industriales.
Four emerging approaches to national data policies, as data is becoming a key component of the digital economy.
Mechanisms to foster multilateral knowledge-sharing and mutual learning can inform innovative approaches to industrial policymaking.