TY - JOUR AB - The chemical-pharmaceutical industry, like other industrial sectors, is facing transformative changes exemplified by ‘Industry 4.0’ – including digitalization, circular economy approaches, and other innovations impacting its business model. These changes also affect the relationship with its customers, and the required skills and training needs for its employees. Based on several interviews with experts conducted as part of Climate-KIC’s Pioneer in Practice program, this commentary looks at emerging challenges and opportunities the chemical sector will be facing in the next decade and beyond. It also provides examples where new technologies, ca-pacities and collaboration models have been combined into successful sustainable business models. AU - Stavenhagen, Martin DA - 2020 DO - 10.17879/91129604615 LA - eng IS - Journal of Business Chemistry M2 - 70 N1 - Section "Practitioner's Section" PY - 2020 SP - 70-82 T2 - Journal of Business Chemistry TI - Combine or combust? – Circular economy, digitalization and collaboration models for the new chemical industry 4.0 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-91129604944 Y2 - 2024-11-22T06:51:07 ER -