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This article reviews the major issues and discussions related to the impact of the digital revolution on labour. First, it emphasizes that the current digital revolution in manufacturing and services is not a revolution in the sense of a sudden technological breakthrough. It rather argues that...
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In light of debates about advanced manufacturing and concepts like Industrie 4.0, this article compares labour‐use strategies in highly automated automotive supplier plants in a high‐wage country (Germany) and a low‐wage region (Central Eastern Europe). It shows considerable differences...
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In the current public discussion, it is considered certain that we live in a time of rapidly advancing automation … indicator of automation. The present study challenges this perspective. It examines two central questions: First, what … approaches to automation and digitalization are being pursued in the automotive industry in Germany, Japan and the USA? Second …
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In the current public discussion, it is considered certain that we are living in a time of rapidly advancing automation … indicator of automation. The present study challenges this perspective. It examines two central questions: First, what … approaches to automation and digitalization have been pursued in the automotive industry in Germany, Japan and the USA? Second …
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the global division of labour and work. It proceeds by investigating the scope and character of automation and its impact … voiced in public discourse the author does not identify a major push in automation in manufacturing industries (that would … automation. The effects on the geographies of production of technological change, however, result in new strategies of …
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The current understanding of automation is dominated by “routine-biased technological change” (RBTC). This theory … predicts a strong automation dynamic in jobs with high routine-task share and a polarization of employment structures. While … socioeconomically grounded company-level theory of the automation of work. It distinguishes between feasibility conditions of automation …
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In the current public discussion, it is considered certain that we live in a time of rapidly advancing automation … indicator of automation. The present study challenges this perspective. It examines two central questions: First, what … approaches to automation and digitalization are being pursued in the automotive industry in Germany, Japan and the USA? Second …
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