Industry 4.0 and regional transformation / Lisa De Propris, David Bailey.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disruptive Industry 4.0 +: key concepts / Lisa De Propris and David Bailey.--2 Servitization in Europe /Ferran Vendrell- Herrero and Oscar F. Bustinza.-- 3 Jobs 4.0 / Arianna Pittarello, Antonella Trevisanato and Lisa De Propris .-- 4 Transformative paths, multi-scalarity of knowledge bases and Industry 4.0 / Marco Bellandi, Cristina Chaminade and Monica Plechero .-- 5 Industry 4.0: transforming local productive systems in the Tuscany region / Marco Bellandi, Erica Santini, Claudia Vecciolini and Lisa De Propris .-- 6 Sustainable manufacturing: creating a regional forest-based bio-economy / Paulina Ramirez .--7 Driving factors in the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies: an investigation of SMEs / Giancarlo Corò and Mario Volpe .-- 8 Exploring Industry 4.0 production in Sweden / Claudio Fassio and Max Nathan .-- 9 De- globalisation, value chains and reshoring / Diletta Pegoraro, Lisa De Propris and Agnieska Chidlow .-- 10 Reshoring in the US and Europe Steffen Kinkel, Diletta Pegoraro and Rosemary Coates .-- 11 Industry 4.0 and reshoring / Steffen Kinkel .-- 12 Technological readiness in Europe: EU policy perspectives on Industry 4.0 / Mafini Dosso .-- 13 Industry 4.0 and transformative regional industrial policy / David Bailey and Lisa De Propris.

"This edited volume brings together a group of expert contributors to explore the opportunities and the challenges that Industry 4.0 (smart manufacturing) is likely to pose for regions, firms and jobs in Europe. Drawing on theory and empirical cases, it considers emerging issues like servitization, new innovation models for local production systems, and the increase in reshoring. Industry 4.0 and Regional Transformation captures the complexity of this new manufacturing model in an accessible way and considers its implications for the future. It will be essential reading for advanced students, researchers and policymakers in regional studies, industrial policy, economic geography, innovation studies, operations management and engineering"-- Provided by publisher.