{"title":"The Fourth Industrial Revolution in the Croatian Context: Science Fiction or a New Developmental Paradigm?","authors":"Krešimir Žažar, D. Čengić, Đurđica Degač","doi":"10.5559/di.31.4.04","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The article examines prospects of directing the development of Croatian society towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0. Relations among overlapping relevant concepts are clarified in the first section. The following analysis comprises results of the qualitative study based on 12 semi-structured interviews with representatives of the entrepreneurial sector, state officials and scientists closely connected with the development and application of AI and robots. The findings suggest that respondents advocate for fostering Industry 4.0 by recognising its potential, but also identify obstacles regarding its implementation. It is concluded that Industry 4.0 is most likely to emerge as a \"localised\" process, as: 1) the smart specialisation of specific technologically most advanced products; 2) a primarily regional phenomenon that will appear in the north-west counties.","PeriodicalId":45161,"journal":{"name":"Drustvena Istrazivanja","volume":"73 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2022-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Drustvena Istrazivanja","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5559/di.31.4.04","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"SOCIAL ISSUES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The article examines prospects of directing the development of Croatian society towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0. Relations among overlapping relevant concepts are clarified in the first section. The following analysis comprises results of the qualitative study based on 12 semi-structured interviews with representatives of the entrepreneurial sector, state officials and scientists closely connected with the development and application of AI and robots. The findings suggest that respondents advocate for fostering Industry 4.0 by recognising its potential, but also identify obstacles regarding its implementation. It is concluded that Industry 4.0 is most likely to emerge as a "localised" process, as: 1) the smart specialisation of specific technologically most advanced products; 2) a primarily regional phenomenon that will appear in the north-west counties.
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Društvena istraživanja is a journal for general social issues, embracing complete thematic and disciplinary openness. It publishes works in different social disciplines (sociology, psychology, political science, psychiatry, history, law, economics, demography, linguistics etc.), but also publishes work that transcends the frontiers of individual disciplines. Papers are subject to anonymous review procedures. Indexed in: Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences (CC/S&BS)
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