Emerging positions of German firms in the industrial internet of things. A global technological ecosystem perspective

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dc.contributor.authorLechowski, Grzegorz
dc.contributor.authorKrzywdzinski, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-30T14:18:49Z
dc.date.available2023-08-30T14:18:49Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe industrial internet of things (IIoT) has created entirely new inter-firm competitive and collaborative dynamics that focus on the supply of digital infrastructures, services and platforms for industrial users. These dynamics typically involve machinery builders, information technology suppliers and traditional technology buyers from various asset-intensive sectors. Given the global character of IIoT technology, transnationally relevant inter-firm arrangements have emerged for which we still lack a conceptually grounded understanding. This study addresses this research gap from the German perspective by combining the concepts of global value chains and complex technical systems. Empirically, we develop a multiple case study of established German firms that have provided IIoT technologies in the domain of ‘smart manufacturing.’ We investigate the firms’ evolving positions within the multi-layered IIoT stack and explore their technological dependency on global cloud-infrastructure suppliers. Second, we put the case study into the context of the recent German industrial-policy initiatives related to the discourse of ‘digital sovereignty’, which attempt to improve the positions of domestic actors vis-àvis the multi-national tech companies. Conceptually, this study offers the framework of global technological ecosystems as a new perspective on the transnational platform economy, which highlights the enabling character of global-scale digital infrastructures and acknowledges active involvement of non-firm actors in ecosystem governance.
dc.identifier.citationLechowski, G., & Krzywdzinski, M. (2022). Emerging positions of German firms in the industrial internet of things: A global technological ecosystem perspective. Global Networks, 22(4), 666–683. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12380
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12380
dc.identifier.eissn1471-0374
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/187
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectdigital industrial policy
dc.subjectdigital sovereignty
dc.subjectGerman industry
dc.subjectglobal technological ecosystems
dc.subjectglobal value chains
dc.subjectonline platforms
dc.subjectthe industrial internet of things (IIoT)
dc.subject.ddc330 Wirtschaft
dc.titleEmerging positions of German firms in the industrial internet of things. A global technological ecosystem perspective
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue4
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleGlobal Networks. A journal of transnational affairs
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend683
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart666
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume22
local.researchgroupArbeiten in hochautomatisierten, digital-hybriden Prozessen
local.researchtopicMensch – Arbeit – Wissen
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