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

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  • Andrea Ciffolilli
  • Antonio Lopolito
  • Alessandro Muscio
  • Alasdair Reid

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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.

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  • Andrea Ciffolilli & Antonio Lopolito & Alessandro Muscio & Alasdair Reid, 2025. "The evolution of Industry 4.0 capacities across regions in EU research programmes," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 52(2), pages 269-283.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:52:y:2025:i:2:p:269-283.
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