Emerging Trends in and Strategies for Industry 4.0 During and Beyond Covid-19

Abstract

Preface"Emerging Trends and Strategies for Industry 4.0: During and Beyond Covid-19" is a thoughtprovoking book composed of original and previously unpublished chapters, which tries to shed light on the ways of the worldwide business environment.The fourth stage of Industry Revolution called Industry 4.0 started a decade ago. Private companies and even public sector organizations have already been engaged in a digital transformation process. However, Covid-19 has played a role of a catalyst and increased the pace of that transformation. This unforeseeable challenge has resulted in a great uncertainty and ambiguity for both the organizations and governments. Existing theories, trends, strategies and practices are fast becoming obsolete in this new environment. As a result, there is a strong need for new theories, trends, strategies and practices to meet these challenges.By presenting chapters from multidisciplinary perspectives, this book tries to bring into light some of the ways that are being used or suggested for this challenge. We expect this book to provide relevant theoretical frameworks, emerging trends and strategies, and latest empirical findings and business practices regarding the challenges and opportunities created by Covid-19. It is hoped and expected that business practitioners as well as scholars will find this book useful to diffuse the fog, and suggest ways to thrive in this era of uncertainty.We are deeply grateful for each author of the chapters for their scholarly contributions. We also thank the publishers for their support in this whole process.