Reindustrialization: A Challenge to the Economy in the First Quarter of the Twenty-First Century

• Authors: Michał Krawczyński , Piotr Czyżewski , Karol Bocian
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The weakening EU and US economies in the aftermath of the global crisis of 2007 need an impulse to act for the improvement of their condition. The analysis of the history of the GDP of selected world economies suggests that a remedy for it may be the strengthening of the industrial sector. By strengthening, we mean its growth, that is, building and developing manufacturing plants. Large multinationals have generally been relocating their production to China, where labor costs have traditionally been a couple of times lower than in the US or the EU. However, over the past years, the pay gap between the US and China has narrowed, and transport prices have gone up. These are the reasons why numerous large American companies decided to transfer part of their business processes back to the homeland. Also, the EU has been taking account of the benefits of a stable industry. Therefore, it has launched the strategy of “European industry rebirth” that entails a growth of the industry’s share in the GDP up to the level of 20%. In order for EU countries to be able to attain it, the paper raises the issue of the Industrie 4.0 methodology, premises and guidelines may, to a large extent, contribute to success. The paper also takes an in-depth look at Industrie 4.0 and discusses its pros and cons. We attempt to provide an answer to the question of whether Industrie 4.0 may be a tool for reindustrialization.

Keywords

EN

reindustrialization; European Union; Industrie 4.0; 2007 crisis

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Foundations of Management
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 107-122

Dates

published

2016-01-01

online

2016-05-09

Contributors

author

Michał Krawczyński

• Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Management, Poland

author

Piotr Czyżewski

• Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Management, Poland

author

Karol Bocian

• Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Management, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/fman-2016-0009