The drivers of Industry 4.0 embeddedness in an innovation ecosystem
STRATEGIES OF PLATFORMS ECOSYSTEMS NETWORKS AND STRATEGIC ALLIANCES (Prof. Piccaluga)
The drivers of Industry 4.0 embeddedness in an innovation ecosystem
Valentina Forrer, Alessandro Rossi, Erica SantiniDuring the last decade, according to academics, scholars and policy makers, we have entered the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” (Schwab, 2017). This unprecedented technological change has become a relevant topic, causing profound transformations of industries, labour market and society. Firms, especially, are facing challenges due to demand, production processes and organisational business model transformation (Kagermann et al., 2013).
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