Anzolin, G;
Andreoni, A;
Zanfei, A;
(2020)
Robot adoption and FDI driven transformation in the automotive industry.
International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management (IJATM)
, 20
(2)
pp. 215-237.
10.1504/IJATM.2020.108586.
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Abstract
This paper explores the relationship between inward foreign direct investments and the adoption of industrial robots, across different segments of the automotive value chain. Using the International Federation of Robotics and FDI Market datasets at a fine level of disaggregation of the automotive sector, we investigate the extent to which FDIs are related to the operational stock of industrial robots in 34 countries over the period 2005-2014. We find distinct patterns linking FDIs and robot adoption for different groups of countries and for different segments of the automotive value chain, that, is assembling and components production. With some relevant exceptions, FDIs are found to be highly correlated with robot adoption in the assembling segment across major leading countries. However, this correlation becomes weak for components production. To explain this differential role of FDIs in robot adoption, we formulate hypotheses around the country-specific drivers of robotisation for the components segment by pointing to the role of domestic ecosystems of suppliers and industrial policy as drivers of technology absorption and diffusion.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Robot adoption and FDI driven transformation in the automotive industry |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1504/IJATM.2020.108586 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1504/IJATM.2020.108586 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | automotive, industrial policy, fourth industrial revolution, industrial robots, global value chains, foreign direct investments |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Inst for Innovation and Public Purpose |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10124054 |
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