The evolution of Industry 4.0 capacities across regions in EU research programmes

Andrea Ciffolilli, Antonio Lopolito, Alessandro Muscio and Alasdair Reid

Science and Public Policy, 2025, vol. 52, issue 2, 269-283

Abstract: European policy supports cutting-edge research on Industry 4.0, aiming to promote excellence and ensure a balanced distribution of regional Industry 4.0 capacities. We analyse Industry 4.0 research projects financed by the European Union’s framework programmes over a 14-year period, investigating whether less developed regions benefit from interaction with more advanced regions that have a stronger capacity to diversify their Industry 4.0 technologies. We find a strong path-dependency in technological diversification between programming periods. Moreover, while national Industry 4.0 programmes negatively affect the capacity of regions to diversify technologies, possibly generating a substitution effect, we find that regional networking does not support less diversified regions in mastering multiple technologies.

Keywords: Industry 4.0; Technological Integration; NUTS2 Regions; Horizon 2020; Framework Programme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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