The challenges and opportunities in the digitalisation of production
conference paper
In recent years two types of digitalisa-tion have sparked fears amongst policymakers in the EU and beyond about the future of work. The first is what might be termed the digitalisation of production and epitomised by Industrie 4.0. The second involves the digitalisation of work, sometimes referred to as gig work based on Uberisation. In different ways, both developments are important for both the volume and quality of jobs (Warhurst et al. 2019). However this chapter focuses on the first development – the digitalisation of production and its exemplar, Industrie 4.0. This singular focus is adopted because it is said to be at the forefront of a new 4th Industrial Revolution.
TNO Identifier
879796
Source title
47th OeNB Economics Conference, The EU’s “northern” enlargement 25 years on: A comparative stocktaking and outlook in cooperation with SUERF, Bank of Finland, Sveriges Riksbank and Norges Bank
Pages
51-58
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