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Digital platforms determine value creation

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The mechanical engineering industry is successfully advancing the digital transformation. So far, this has primarily concerned manufacturing, but in the future it will also involve new business models. Digital platforms and the associated platform economy are going to play an ever more prominent role, and value creation in the mechanical engineering industry is increasingly taking place via digital services.

Digitale Plattformen und die damit verbundene Plattformökonomie werden eine immer größere Rolle spielen, die Wertschöpfung in der Maschinenbauindustrie erfolgt zunehmend durch digitale Services.

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