Industry 4.0 – the perspective of international economics. The case of Polish-German relationships

• Authors: Götz Marta
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Industry 4.0 is associated with the Internet of Things, Internet of Services, and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). This revolution is profoundly transforming the current business models. There is a growing interest in this phenomenon among scholars, policy makers and representatives of business and industry as it poses several challenges to the national legal systems, labour markets and technical capacities. Yet little is known about the international context of the fourth industrial revolution. This paper aims at bridging the gap in this respect. Drawing on the Polish-German case it identifies the research areas worth considering and advances a hypothesis on economic ties in the context of Industry 4.0. The author outlines the premises of the fourth-generation industry, diagnoses and discusses the main risks and benefits associated with it. The paper might be regarded as a starting point for further, more detailed studies on this topic.

Keywords

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Industry 4.0; manufacturing; Poland; Germany

• Publisher: Instytut Zachodni. Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przegląd Zachodni
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 4(365)
• Pages: 169-185

Contributors

author

Götz Marta

• Akademia Finansów i Biznesu Vistula, Warszawa