Does the Digitalization of Manufacturing Boost a ‘Smart’ Era of Capital Accumulation?

Fuchs Martina ()
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Fuchs Martina: University of CologneFaculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, Department of Econonic and Social GeographyAlbertus-Magnus-Platz50923 Colognehttp://www.wigeo.uni-koeln.de/0049-221-470-7729CologneGermany

ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2020, vol. 64, issue 2, 47-57

Abstract: ‘Smart Manufacturing’ refers to a bundle of recent digital innovations together with the political initiatives that promote them. Public and academic debates indicate a fundamental shift in the socio-economic landscape, or a new era of capital accumulation in the language of regulation theory. A closer analysis of literature on Fordism and Postfordism, however, reveals that a ‘smart’ accumulation regime is at the most beginning to emerge, while earlier digitalization has already generated considerable impacts. This literature review first considers earlier contributions on digitalization and space that were published from the early 1980 s to the early 2000 s. It then discusses how this can inspire fresh views on Smart Manufacturing today.

Keywords: digitalization; Industry 4.0; inequality; regulation theory; Smart Manufacturing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2019-0012

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