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Resilience and Digital Disruption

Regional Competition in the Age of Industry 4.0

  • Provides a unique overview on the impact of the digital transformation on manufacturing industries
  • Employs a vast range of quantitative indicators and highlights strengths and weaknesses of different regions
  • Addresses policy implications for regions and cities

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • Aldo Geuna, Marco Guerzoni, Massimiliano Nuccio, Fabio Pammolli, Armando Rungi
    Pages 1-5
  3. Digital Technologies and Industrial Transformations

    • Aldo Geuna, Marco Guerzoni, Massimiliano Nuccio, Fabio Pammolli, Armando Rungi
    Pages 7-38
  4. Participation in Global Supply Chains and the Offshorability of Italian Jobs

    • Aldo Geuna, Marco Guerzoni, Massimiliano Nuccio, Fabio Pammolli, Armando Rungi
    Pages 39-54
  5. Digital Manufacturing and the Transformation of the Automotive Industry

    • Aldo Geuna, Marco Guerzoni, Massimiliano Nuccio, Fabio Pammolli, Armando Rungi
    Pages 55-126
  6. The Way Ahead Towards Advanced Automation: Policy Implication for Core Italian Manufacturing Regions

    • Aldo Geuna, Marco Guerzoni, Massimiliano Nuccio, Fabio Pammolli, Armando Rungi
    Pages 127-133
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 135-146

About this book

This book focuses on how digital technologies and rapid developments in artificial intelligence are shaping a new generation of cyber-physical systems based on the convergence among robots, sensors, and 3D printing. The book tells a story based on data and indicators to compare the resilience to this transformation in some key manufacturing regions. As a specific case study, the book discusses in length the transformation of the manufacturing processes in the Italian automotive industry. The authors conclude the book by providing policy implications for regions and cities.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Culture, Politics and Society, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Aldo Geuna

  • University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

    Marco Guerzoni

  • Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy

    Massimiliano Nuccio

  • School of Management, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Fabio Pammolli

  • IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca, Lucca, Italy

    Armando Rungi

About the authors

Aldo Geuna is a professor of economic policy in the Department of Cultures, Politics, and Society, University of Turin (Italy), fellow of the Collegio Carlo Alberto (Turin, Italy), and fellow of CIFAR (Canada). His research interests include economics of science, economics of innovation, science and technology policy, political economy of science and technology, ICT and Internet economics, economic growth, and development economics.

 Marco Guerzoni is an associate professor of applied economics at the Bicocca University of Milan (Italy). His research area covers management and economics of innovation, technology policy, and advanced data science. His prior work has been published in international journals, including Research Policy, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Italian Journal of Applied Statistics, and Journal of Evolutionary Economics.

 Massimiliano Nuccio is an assistant professor of Business Economicsand management in the Department of Management at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy) and deputy director of the University's “BLISS – Digital Impact Lab.” His research interests cover digital transformation and data-driven economy, business analytics, urban and regional studies, and cultural and creative industries.

 Fabio Pammolli is a professor of economics and management at the Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy) and the scientific director of CERM foundation (Italy). His research focuses on a variety of topics such as economics of innovation, management analytics, the economics of health and pensions, the analysis of growth, diversification, instability of multiproduct firms, and financial systems.

 Armando Rungi is an assistant professor of industrial organization and international trade at IMT Lucca (Italy), working for the research unit AXES (Analysis of Complex Economic Systems). His main fields of study are international economics, industrial organization, microeconometrics, health economics, trade policy, the economics of natural resources, and transition economies.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Resilience and Digital Disruption

  • Book Subtitle: Regional Competition in the Age of Industry 4.0

  • Authors: Aldo Geuna, Marco Guerzoni, Massimiliano Nuccio, Fabio Pammolli, Armando Rungi

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Business

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85158-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-85157-6Published: 27 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-85158-3Published: 01 December 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2191-5482

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-5490

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 146

  • Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, IT in Business, Automotive Industry, Economics, general

Buy it now

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eBook USD 49.99
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
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Softcover Book USD 64.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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