Raphael Martins

New York University, Case Western Reserve University

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Raphael Martins is a leading scholar in the study of Industry 4.0, with a sharp focus on how digital manufacturing technologies reshape value creation and capture. His research critically examines the economic winners and losers of the fourth industrial revolution, particularly within the automotive sector. His most influential work, "Who Profits from Industry 4.0? Theory and Evidence from the Automotive Industry" (2019, 24 citations), develops a novel theoretical framework to explain how the coordinated deployment of robots, sensors, and AI shifts profits away from traditional labor and toward firms that control data and platform ecosystems. In his earlier field study, "Value Migration and Industry 4.0" (2018), Martins conducted in-depth interviews with manufacturers to reveal how value migrates from production to service and software layers. By combining rigorous theory with rich empirical evidence, Martins provides essential insights for policymakers and business leaders navigating automation’s disruptive effects. His work is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the structural transformation of global manufacturing.