More than 200 years ago, Moravian settlers created a community with an integrated industrial area along the Monocacy Creek in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Greatly admired throughout the colonies, the industrial site bustled with activity. Today, Bethlehem's Colonial Industrial Quarter, which covers 10 acres, is the largest and most diverse preIndustrial Revolution technology site under restoration ...

Industry 4.0 (The 4th Industrial Revolution – 4IR) is an emerging ecosystem based on a connection between machines and humans. I4.0 has delivered new production technologies that maximize output while maximizing resource use. An increasing number of companies are reaping the benefits technological advancements. potential to provide sustainable industrial value creation across social, economic, ...

We build a directed technical change model where one intermediate goods sector uses fixed quantity of biomass energy (“wood”) and another coal at price, matching stylized facts for the British Industrial Revolution. Unlike previous research, we do not assume level or growth rate productivity is inherently higher in coal-using sector. Analytically, greater initial wood scarcity, relative knowled...

Complex projects and megaprojects are increasingly shaped by new enabling technologies demands from businesses, including how people treated when working on these endeavours. This is often referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Project leaders practitioners not fully leveraging opportunities unlocked 4IR, project performance shows little sign of improvement despite highly innova...