Adoption of automation technologies: Evidence from Denmark

New research by Professor Anders Sørensen at Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School and Assistant Professor Lene Kromann at University of Western Ontario reveals that variation in the adoption of automation technologies is high, the change in adoption over time is slow, and almost half of Danish manufacturing firms relied greatly on manual production processes in 2010. Increasing international competition from China is a driver for investments in automation.

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