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ICT for High Value Engineering Networks

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Recent trend of integrating ICT in engineering solutions has enabled superior engineering capabilities to create high-value-added products and services which lead to the disruption and transformation of traditional engineering industries. This chapter firstly highlights the ICT-driven industrial evolution to demonstrate the importance of ICT for building engineering capabilities in the international context. The typical ICT-enabled advanced manufacturing technologies and models are then introduced, which represent the most advanced engineering, manufacturing and management capabilities in the current business environment. By reviewing the ongoing ICT revolution, this chapter suggests high value engineering strategies for the major economies of the world and indicates the value creating dominance of ICT for engineering sectors in the future.

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  1. College of Computer Science and Technology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China

    Ting He

  2. School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

    Xiaofei Xu

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  1. Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Yufeng Zhang

  2. Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Mike Gregory

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He, T., Xu, X. (2018). ICT for High Value Engineering Networks. In: Zhang, Y., Gregory, M. (eds) Value Creation through Engineering Excellence. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56336-7_8

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