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Technical, Economic and Societal Effects of Manufacturing 4.0

Automation, Adaption and Manufacturing in Finland and Beyond

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Draws together all the implications of manufacturing 4.0, examining the transformation from a technical, societal and educational perspective
  • Allows the reader to develop a holistic picture of where the manufacturing industry and the parts of the society that depend on it may be going in the future
  • First cross-disciplinary work about Manufacturing 4.0

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
  2. Industry 4.0 in Retrospect and in Context

    • Karl-Erik Michelsen
    Pages 1-14Open Access
  3. Technical Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. Additive Manufacturing—Past, Present, and the Future

      • Markus Korpela, Niko Riikonen, Heidi Piili, Antti Salminen, Olli Nyrhilä
      Pages 17-41Open Access
    3. Additive Manufacturing from the Point of View of Materials Research

      • Ville Laitinen, Mahdi Merabtene, Erica Stevens, Markus Chmielus, Jan Van Humbeeck, Kari Ullakko
      Pages 43-83Open Access
    4. Robotics in Manufacturing—The Past and the Present

      • Ming Li, Andrija Milojević, Heikki Handroos
      Pages 85-95Open Access
    5. Maintenance-Management in Light of Manufacturing 4.0

      • Michele Urbani, Dario Petri, Matteo Brunelli, Mikael Collan
      Pages 97-111Open Access
  4. Manufacturing 4.0 Business Models and the Economic Feasibility of Additive Manufacturing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
    2. Industry 4.0. Transformation Challenge in Light of Dynamic Capabilities

      • Kalevi Kyläheiko, Päivi Maijanen
      Pages 169-189Open Access
  5. Societal Change Brought About by Manufacturing 4.0

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
    2. The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Changes to Working Life: What Supports Adult Employees in Adapting to New Technology at Work?

      • Hanna Nygren, Maarit Virolainen, Raija Hämäläinen, Juhani Rautopuro
      Pages 193-209Open Access
    3. Modelling the Societal Division of Added Value Created Through Manufacturing 4.0

      • Heikki Hiilamo, Henri Aaltonen
      Pages 211-232Open Access
    4. Coping with Technological Changes: Regional and National Preparedness in Face of Technical Change

      • Jari Kaivo-oja, Mikkel Stein Knudsen, Theresa Lauraeus
      Pages 233-258Open Access
    5. Closing Words: Quo vadis Manufacturing 4.0

      • Mikael Collan, Karl-Erik Michelsen
      Pages 259-261Open Access
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 263-266

About this book

This open access book is among the first cross-disciplinary works about Manufacturing 4.0. It includes chapters about the technical, the economic, and the social aspects of this important phenomenon.  Together the material presented allows the reader to develop a holistic picture of where the manufacturing industry and the parts of the society that depend on it may be going in the future. Manufacturing 4.0 is not only a technical change, nor is it a purely technically driven change, but it is a societal change that has the potential to disrupt the way societies are constructed both in the positive and in the negative.

This book will be of interest to scholars researching manufacturing, technological innovation, innovation management and industry 4.0.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Business and Management, LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland

    Mikael Collan, Karl-Erik Michelsen

About the editors

Mikael Collan is a tenured Professor of strategic finance at LUT University in Lappeenranta, Finland. He is an ordinary member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, the oldest of the four Finnish academies of Science and the past president of the Finnish operations research society.

 

Karl-Erik Michelsen is a Professor at LUT University, Finland, specializing in innovation and technology studies and business history. In 2018, Michelsen was selected the “professor of the year” in Finland.

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Softcover Book USD 64.99
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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