International Production in Times of Industrial Internet of Things Platforms: Reassessing the Eclectic Paradigm in light of platform-based MNE Activity in China’s Manufacturing Sector
Fueled by the maturity of digital infrastructures and intelligent technologies, the industrial Internet of Things (IoT) plays a pivotal role in transforming the scope and pattern of international production. The platform as a service market (PaaS) as a major field of the industrial IoT has emerged only recently and enables factory operators with smart connected machinery to access data-driven clou
