Purpose: This study examines the role of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in warehouse inventory management, with a specific focus on Malaysia's national telecommunication and digital infrastructure provider. It identifies key challenges, operational efficiencies, and strategic implementation...

Context: The Fourth Industrial Revolution has accelerated the integration of automation technologies into the world of work, raising important questions about the future of Vocational Education and Training (VET). While existing literature has primarily focused on the labor market impacts of...

The continued digitalisation of banking systems has raised a demand for more reliable data-based decision-making, in particular when referring to financial forecasts as covered by e-banking applications. This research also investigates the usage of AI-based decision-making systems to facilitate...

This paper examines how the financialization of advanced capitalist economies in the 1990s relates to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) as the dominant technological framework in the 21st century. Using insights from political economy and Kaleckian theory, it suggests that AI is not a...

This article examines how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) could affect labor markets globally, with particular attention to the uneven distribution of risks and opportunities between advanced and developing economies. Cross-country differences in occupational structure suggest that...

The economic impact of technological change will critically depend on how future workers invest in their human capital. Yet, little is known about how future workers themselves evaluate and choose their educational and occupational paths in light of emerging technologies. This paper examines how...

Für die Statistikproduktion ist ein gut funktionierendes, übergreifendes Management von Metadaten von großer Bedeutung, um die notwendigen Geschäftsprozesse qualitativ hochwertig und effizient umzusetzen. Mithilfe einer zentralen Systemkomponente werden dazu verschiedene Teilsysteme in einer...

In recent decades, job tasks have changed significantly, driven primarily by technological change, with some tasks being automated and others gaining in importance. This may affect employees in two ways: On the one hand, changing tasks might decrease perceived job quality through, e.g.,...

Für die Statistikproduktion ist ein gut funktionierendes, übergreifendes Management von Metadaten von großer Bedeutung, um die notwendigen Geschäftsprozesse qualitativ hochwertig und effizient umzusetzen. Mithilfe einer zentralen Systemkomponente werden dazu verschiedene Teilsysteme in einer...

The yen depreciation from 2012-2015 reduced robot prices for U.S. firms. Paradoxically, financially constrained firms dramatically increased adoption relative to their unconstrained peers. We rationalize this with a collateral model: robots are pledgeable assets requiring non-pledgeable...

Background: Integrating Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology into storage areas within the wiring harness manufacturing industry enables real-time component traceability and supports the implementation of fully automated inventory processes. While RFID systems provide continuous data...

Objective: The aim of the article is to present the AI solutions used by accounting departments and the challenges they bring to the accounting field. Research Design & Methods: The article was developed based on the literature, reports of companies which are currently implementing AI solutions...

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses (SRMAs) are important tools for evidence synthesis but have historically required substantial manual effort, particularly during the data extraction phase. To address this bottleneck, we developed and evaluated an automated pipeline that utilizes large...

We study how an automating technology affects career dynamics, human capital, and welfare in an economy where workers acquire skill through the tasks they perform. In a continuous-time general equilibrium model, learning-by-doing is determined jointly with the share of tasks automated, the...

Background: This study examines the influence of AI-driven supply chains on the adoption of automation and robotics within Jordanian manufacturing firms, emphasizing the role of supply chain adaptability and agility as mediators and market turbulence as a moderator. Methods: Drawing on dynamic...

A large literature in economic history uses digitized census data to study individual-level outcomes in history. Although many census records have been digitized manually, the process is extremely labor-intensive, and substantial material remains unprocessed in archives. Recent advances in...

This study examines how automation, measured by industrial robot adoption and artificial intelligence (AI) exposure, is associated with labor market and production outcomes across Europe. Using a panel dataset covering 32 European countries and 18 industries from 1994 to 2019, we analyze the...

This study examines the association between firm-level investments in automation technologies and employment outcomes, drawing on a panel dataset of approximately 10,450 Italian firms. We focus on the proliferation of non-standard labour contracts introduced by labour market reforms in the...

This paper examines the impact of automation investments on employment dynamics and workforce composition using administrative data from Portugal. I exploit the lumpiness of automation imports in a difference-in-differences event study design. My results show that automation creates jobs in...

Labour shortages in Europe have led firms to adopt two key strategies: automation and the employment of migrants. This study empirically examines the relationship between robot adoption and immigrant labour (differentiated by region of origin and education level) in Austrian firms using a novel...

This technical report is produced as part of the deliverables of the exploratory research project MITICA (European Commission Joint Research Centre) which investigates innovative methods for the indirect monitoring of European bridges in line with the EU priority of "A Europe fit for the digital...

This technical report is produced as part of the deliverables of the exploratory research project MITICA (European Commission Joint Research Centre) which investigates innovative methods for the indirect monitoring of European bridges in line with the EU priority of "A Europe fit for the digital...

This study examines the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on employment, wages, and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The paper identifies tasks and occupations most exposed to AI using comprehensive individual-level data alongside AI exposure indices. Unlike...

Using the second wave of the European Skills and Jobs survey, this paper measures the relationship between technological change that automates or augments workers’ job tasks and their participation in work-related training. We find that 58 per cent of European employees experienced no change...

This study proposes a robotic process automation (RPA) model to streamline and optimize order-handling procedures in supply chain management. The current manual approach to order handling poses challenges, including limited accessibility and significant cognitive demands on employees. An...

This paper examines the potential for automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to induce a broader economic decline, impacting not only labor but also the owners of capital and advanced technology. While automation has traditionally favored skilled over unskilled workers, recent advancements...

This study explores the determinants of intelligent automation implementation within organisations and their implications for strategic value and technological adoption. Grounded in diffusion of innovation theory, this study examines how digital competencies, technology absorptive capacity, and...

Background: This study investigates digital transformation as a moderating variable in determining the effect of digital technologies, automation, and data integration of upstream and downstream providers on supply chain performance. By filling the existing research gap, the study reveals that...

Background: With urban logistics facing challenges such as high delivery volumes and driver shortages, autonomous driving emerges as a promising solution. However, the integration of autonomous vans and robots into existing fulfillment processes and platforms remains largely unexplored. Method:...

"The manufacturing industry is facing massive changes driven by digitalization and sustainability. It is being redefined to meet UN SDGs with the creation of new materials, processes and machinery. The drive for digitalization in order to use resources more effectively and efficiently adds to...

Mit der digitalen Transformation kommt es zu einem Schub in der Automatisierung von Arbeit. Die Einführung von Künstlicher Intelligenz führt zur grundlegenden Restrukturierung der Arbeitsinhalte und -prozesse im Büro. Damit gehen nicht nur Risiken von Funktionsverlusten bis hin zum Verlust...