This paper follows a knowledge production function approach to assess the contribution of R&D spending, the purchase of new machinery, and producers-users interaction to the productivity performance of German and Italian firms in manufacturing. For this purpose it employs micro-aggregated data from the First Community Innovation Survey. The regression analysis confirms the results of previous s...

Light and heavy manufacturing contribute a great deal to the Italian economy and the products manufactured in this sector form a major part of the exports. Most of the manufacturing industries center around small or medium-sized firms, but there are some larger companies too. Although automation will characterize work in the future, manual labour will remain important for Italian manufacturing ...

Extended Abstract A revived interest in space explorations has been initiated by major space agencies, especially in lunar explorations. In the near future, the world will witness a number of manned and robotic lunar explorations administrated by different nations including the U.S, Russia, China and India [1]. At least six robotic lunar explorations are scheduled to be launched by late 2011. O...

in this paper, the cox proportional hazard model is used to answer several questions. in general, fourteen variables are applied in four groups: firm, industry, expenditure human resources specific characteristics as well. according to the previous literature in this field, the findings of this paper also show that the factors which affect life duration of firms are different between industries...

t his paper investigates the gain of bilateral trade between china and u.s. in manufacturing sectors when both countries play a role in asymmetric (biased) growth of  international trade. our model includes a special case of biased growth theory in international trade. we collected labor productivity, export and import data by using classification of manufacturing industries, for u.s. and china...

Due to a variety of technical problems encountered in advanced mechanical and aerospace industries, traditional reverse engineering in which only a copy of the old component using CAD/CAM systems is developed is less effective. As a matter of fact, re-engineering methodologies should be used to optimize the component/sub-system design concerning new materials and advanced manufacturing technolo...

This paper draws an analogy between developments in enterprise software and in capital goods manufacturing industry. Many branches of manufacturing industry, especially automotive industry, have grown in maturity by moving from craftsmanship to mass production. These industries subsequently move from mass production towards mass customization, introducing lean practices. Finally, full maturity ...

As a result of increasing global industrial competition, it has become essential for world economies to implement an effective industrial strategy that reliably and quickly addresses sudden changes in product design. An emerging strategy that might enable industries to cope with rapidly changing product specifications is based on reconfiguring the manufacturing systems. In this paper, the autho...

Future Internet technologies (BigData, Cloud Computing, Mobile Web Apps, etc.) offer manufacturing industries the possibility to engage in a digital transformation leveraging advanced business processes. Furthermore, IoT technologies are enabling technologies for new Smart Manufacturing solutions. The FITMAN project, Future Internet Technologies for Manufacturing Industries, is working on the d...

We analyze the effect of exposure to international trade on earnings and employment of U.S. workers from 1992 through 2007 by exploiting industry shocks to import competition stemming from China’s spectacular rise as a manufacturing exporter paired with longitudinal data on individual earnings by employer spanning close to two decades. Individuals who in 1991 worked in manufacturing industries ...