The Impact of the 4th Industrial Revolution on the High-Tech Industry

The Impact of the 4th Industrial Revolution on the High-Tech Industry

The challenges of  the 4th Industrial Revolution (I40) entail new business models to improve customer value creation. So far, academic investigation into I40 has been extensively focused on large enterprises, and only marginally on SMEs. The present paper aims to answer to the following four researc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Symphonya 2018-12 (2), p.145-157
Hauptverfasser: Trento, Sandro, Bannò, Mariasole, D’Allura, Giorgia M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
3d printing
business models
global markets
high-tech sectors
industry 4.0
internet of things
new products
process innovation
technological change
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Zusammenfassung:The challenges of  the 4th Industrial Revolution (I40) entail new business models to improve customer value creation. So far, academic investigation into I40 has been extensively focused on large enterprises, and only marginally on SMEs. The present paper aims to answer to the following four research questions: How do manufacturing SMEs perceive the I40 phenomenon? How do manufacturing SMEs innovate their business models because of I40? How do manufacturing SMEs behave with their suppliers because of I40? How do manufacturing SMEs behave with their customers because of I40?
ISSN:1593-0300
1593-0319
DOI:10.4468/2018.2.11trento.banno.dallura