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The eastern enlargement of the European Union has prompted heated debates about social dumping related to labour standards and industrial relations. Capital mobility is seen as a crucial social dumping mechanism. The article uses time-series-cross-section data for the years 1999–2008 to...
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The article examines the relationship between lean production and Industrie 4.0 focusing on the question of autonomy in the work process. In contrast to the claim made by official Industrie 4.0 concepts that the autonomy of the employees would increase, we see in the current implementation...
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supporting employees in complex work processes. Based on case studies of companies in manufacturing and logistics as well as a …
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The development of Industry 4.0 technologies creates leeway for the digital transformation of manufacturing companies … manufacturing has no choice but to follow this transformation, there is little knowledge about how companies are actually managing … change related to the digital transformation of manufacturing companies which includes the proof-of-concept phase, the …
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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 RBTC theory has many merits, this paper develops a...
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