In this article we describe and test a theory of complementarities between design-manufacturing integration (DMI) and usage of advanced manufacturing technologies (AMT). This study extends prior AMT research by examining the role of complementary assets in explaining how AMTadoption contributes...

As the distinction between the digital and physical worlds continues to diminish, the necessity to reevaluate the bargain struck by the copyright regime increases in importance. Digitization brings increasingly more aspects of our world into the potential ambit of the copyright system. To...

This article is aimed at familiarizing about Digital Manufacturing and its benefits to achieve Competitive Edge. First industrialization started with the advent of James Watt discovered steam engine to power machinery, locomotives and ships. By the end of 18th century it became possible to...

Unter dem Stichwort „Industrie 4.0“ ist in den letzten Jahren eine zunehmende Digitalisierung und Modernisierung von industriellen Produktionssystemen und -prozessen zu beobachten. Daher werden sich die Einsatzbedingungen und die Anforderungen an Mitarbeiter in Industriebetrieben wandeln,...