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1. A new wave and the ripples it makes : post-transition firm’s digital maturity and its consequences in global value chains
abstractObjective: The objective of the article is to assess the firms' digital maturity and examine how the adoption of Industry 4.0 solutions affects global value chain (GVC) relationships. Research Design & Methods: The study combined a critical literature review with quantitative empirical research. We collected the primary data during computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) among 400 industrial manufacturing firms in Poland. Findings: The study demonstrates that I4.0 technologies adoption modifies the awareness of partners' progress in digital transformation, affects integration among partners, and leads to changes in GVCs' diversification, geographic scope, and governance. Thanks to the study on the digital maturity of firms from a post-transition country, we demonstrated that I4.0 still requires conceptual development and that the emerging theory of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is interdependent with the theory of GVCs. Implications & Recommendations: We focused on the disruption caused by the advancement of digital transformation in companies that operate in a constellation of relationships and are interdependent in the same GVC. The study recognizes the relationships within the GVC as channels of transmission of challenges, risks, and opportunities that emerge from the disruption. We referred to the case of a post-transition, post-communist country in Central and Eastern Europe under digital transformation, which is highly specific yet offers valuable findings transferable to other economies on the eve of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Contribution & Value Added: The novelty of the study lies in the integration of research on digital technology adoption as diagnosed among manufacturing companies in a post-transition country with the inquiry regarding their participation and role in GVCs. Thanks to this approach, we identified how firms' digital maturity reshapes their buyer-supplier relations and, thus, their position in value chains.
Jankowska, Barbara; Götz, Marta; Mińska-Struzik, Ewa; Bartosik-Purgat, Małgorzata;2024
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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2. FDI policy revisited : the role of clusters
Götz, Marta; Jankowska, Barbara;2024
Type: Aufsatz im Buch; Book section;
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Link 3. Perceptions of Industry 4.0 in Visegrad firms
abstractThe definition and understanding of the Industry 4.0 concept vary widely in the literature and among practitioners. The objective of our research was to analyse the perceptions of Industry 4.0 in the Visegrad companies and the explanations for the differences thereof; and second, to compare perceptions of Industry 4.0 between Visegrad firms and experts. Our article relies on a combined methodology: analysis of literature and of information gained from questionnaire-based semi-structured interviews, conducted with randomly selected company representatives, academic and industry experts, and representatives of government agencies. Our results show that most Visegrad firms identify Industry 4.0 only with a limited set of selected new technologies, while experts usually have a more complex understanding of it, identifying it with a new business model. It would be important to have a clearly defined concept in order to elaborate related nationwide strategies and related economic and other policy tools.
Götz, Marta; Sass, Magdolna; Éltető, Andrea;2021
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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4. External relations of an Industry 4.0 cluster : the case study of the Hamburg aviation cluster
Götz, Marta;2023
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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5. Still attractive for FDI? : location advantages of Visegrád countries in the digital era - the case of Poland and Hungary
Götz, Marta; Éltető, Andrea; Sass, Magdolna;2023
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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6. Reflections on the challenges of future eurozone expansion on the example of Poland : avoiding the crisis with a common currency?
Götz, Marta;2023
Type: Aufsatz im Buch; Book section;
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7. Reflections on FDI in an post-communist country in the context of EU membership : retrospectives and prospects
Götz, Marta; Jankowska, Barbara; Talouni, Zakaria;2023
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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Citations: 1 (based on OpenCitations)
8. Adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies and company competitiveness : case studies from a post-transition economy
abstractManufacturers face increased cost pressure and market volatility. Product life cycles are getting shorter. Production has to be faster and increasingly local. The acceleration of "time-to-market" could happen thanks to the solutions of Industry 4.0 (I4.0), with supply chains morphing into highly adaptive networks with integrated entities. In this paper, we seek to exemplify the potential impact of I4.0 adoption upon the competitiveness of the firms (being foreign subsidiaries among others) and ask about the nature of modernization as part of the global value chain in which the enterprise operates. Our research based on four case studies reveals that the competitive advantage of a firm could be modified in the era of Industry 4.0 as a result of a sector's transformation and changing relationships with partners. These findings correspond with the literature stressing the uncertainty and complexity of the digital economy in general, as well as difficulties with the precise measuring of the expected benefits. The fourth industrial revolution emphasizes "the race to the top", giving priority to quality rather than cost reduction as a method of improving competitiveness and, since it implies the emergence of connected companies, truly linked with each other, the disappearance of clear boundaries between them.
Götz, Marta; Jankowska, Barbara;2020
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9. The industry 4.0 induced agility and new skills in clusters
abstractThe fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) transformed global value chains by transforming them into adaptive networks of enterprises. To remain competitive, companies need to integrate themselves into these networks, which require increased flexibility in terms of reorganizing business structure and expanding the portfolio of competencies. This article attempts to find ties between the concepts of Industry 4.0 and clusters. This new viewpoint helps one discern the role clusters play in the development of necessary skills as part of this nww context. Spatial proximity provides unique opportunities for such interactions, which cannot be imitated by remote digital technologies. As a result, clusters, while meeting certain requirements, will not lose their relevance in the context of Industry 4.0, but, on the contrary, become its key driver.
Götz, Marta;2019
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10. Foreign subsidiaries as vehicles of Industry 4.0 : the case of foreign subsidiaries in a post-transition economy
Jankowska, Barbara; Götz, Marta; Tarka, Piotr;2021
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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Citations: 8 (based on OpenCitations)