The Fourth Industrial Revolution affects the operations of companies and results in new strategic thinking. The changes resulting from the requirements of Industry 4.0 force restructuring in many areas of management or the building of new business models. The aim of this article was to indicate...

Section I: Implementing Industry 4.0 for Smart Manufacturing in SMEs -- 1. Status of the Implementation of Industry 4.0 in SMEs and Framework for Smart Manufacturing -- 2. Computational Intelligence in the Context of Industry 4.0 -- 3. AI and ML for Human-Robot Cooperation in Intelligent and...

Purpose: This study's aim was to gain insight into the transformative skills of business leaders in the South African manufacturing sector to drive their business' digital transformation process. Technology recources lead digital transformation requires skills not understood by leadership. Cloud...

Introduction -- Section I. Understanding the Emerging 4IR World -- Chapter 1. The Road to 4IR (4th Industrial Revolution) -- Chapter 2. Managing in the 4IR world -- Chapter 3: Business Concepts in Globalization -- Section II: 4IR Strategy and Analytics -- Chapter 4. Strategizing using Technology...

Robust IT governance practices are vital in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In this age of the fourth industrial revolution, good IT governance practices can help enterprises achieve better IT-business alignment, deal with rapid emergence of technologies, and maximize profits. Given...

"This book explores how the Fourth Industrial Revolution has serious implications for how "leadership" is being exercised now and in the future, and how people and communities worldwide will live their lives throughout this revolutionary period. It also explores the digital technologies that are...