Inclusive Industry 4.0 in Europe—Japanese Lessons on Socially Responsible Industry 4.0

Oliver Kovacs
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Oliver Kovacs: Department of Economics and International Economics, Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies, University of Public Service, H-1083 Budapest, Hungary

Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-26

Abstract: This contribution addresses the puzzle of whether the anti-inclusive character of Industry 4.0 development can be tailored toward a socially more responsible path (smart automation). In doing so, the paper first underlines the crucial importance of a governance being capable of fostering inclusive growth by deciphering the nexus between flaring populism and non-inclusive growth. It then turns to the case of Japanese digitalization and Industry 4.0 development to show that adding a social innovation-dimension (smart automation) to Industry 4.0 is not impossible in supporting inclusive growth in Europe.

Keywords: Europe; industry 4.0; Japan; automation; social innovation; inclusive growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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