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make up Industry 4.0 (I4.0), the servitisation of manufacturing and re-shoring; and secondly to explore the strong … digitisation, has made for the configuration of new business models and the servitisation of the economy in the context of a new … paradigm of competition. This digital servitisation is conducive to networking and enhances the role of proximity. Together …
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Growth in U.S. manufacturing’s real value-added has exceeded that of aggregate GDP, except during recessions, leading many to conclude that the sector is healthy and that the 30 percent decline in manufacturing employment since 2000 is largely the consequence of automation. The robust growth...
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Global value chain (GVC) participation has transformed many lines of business. The benefits it provides in terms of greater specialization and technology diffusion, however, do not spread identically across countries and industries. This paper shows that taking into account the functional...
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The green power potential of a country is a central factor in the transformation to a green economy. This paper argues that green power will become a decisive factor for global change. Green power combines sustainability, innovation and power into one concept. By merging insights from political...
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This is an introduction to a new development in the international arena that poses a threat to the ability of countries to tailor patent and regulatory laws to promote access to medicine. Basically, certain international agreements permit foreign companies to sue a country for compensation if...
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The implementation of patent law in the emerging market countries is having an impact on the international patent system. First, it is apparent that the principal emerging market economies are not strictly adhering to the patent regimen of the USA, Europe and Japan, but are instead adapting...
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This paper provides a context for the Dahlem Workshop on "Earth System Analysis for Sustainability." The authors begin by characterizing the contemporary epoch of Earth history in which humanity has emerged as a major - and uniquely self-reflexive - geological force. They turn next to the...
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The aim of this paper is to contribute to the debate on the structural change effects or labor reallocation effects on the regional disparity in productivity growth in India and the People's Republic of China (PRC). The paper uses secondary data at the state level in India and provinces in the...
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