Digitalizing firms: Skills, work organization and the adoption of new enabling technologies

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New enabling technologies are shaping the transformation of production activities. This process of change is characterised by growing digitization, inter-connectivity and automation. The diffusion of new technologies is, however, very uneven, and firms display different adoption behaviours. By using panel data on a large representative sample of Italian firms, we explore the patterns and determinants of new digital technology adoption. We build our theoretical framework on the nexus between technology, skills and the organisation of work. We then provide novel econometric evidence on the positive effects of human capital and training. Among the notable results of the paper, labour flexibility does not seem to favour new technology adoption, whereas second-level collective bargaining plays a positive role in the process. Results also show heterogeneous effects between large vs. small and medium-size firms, and between manufacturing and service sectors.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: LEM Working Paper Series ; No. 2021/04

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Production and Organizations: General ; Organization of Production ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
• Thema: Digital technologies ; Industry 4.0 ; skills ; human capital ; work organisation

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Cirillo, Valeria ; Fanti, Lucrezia ; Mina, Andrea ; Ricci, Anrea
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM)
• (wo): Pisa
• (wann): 2021

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/243500
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ