manufacturing firms at the forefront of Industry 4.0 implementation, this research seeks to unravel the nuanced factors contributing …

Growth in U.S. manufacturing’s real value-added has exceeded that of aggregate GDP, except during recessions, leading … many to conclude that the sector is healthy and that the 30 percent decline in manufacturing employment since 2000 is … largely the consequence of automation. The robust growth in real manufacturing GDP, however, is driven by one industry segment …