Towards a Conceptual Development of Industry 4.0, Servitisation, and Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review

Atif, Sehrish; Ahmed, Shehzad; Wasim, Muhammad; Zeb, Bassam; Pervez, Zeeshan; Quinn, Lorraine

doi:10.3390/su13116501

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“…Simultaneously, businesses are advised to implement a circular economy (CE) to bring new opportunities. Atif et al find that the use of Industry 4.0 technologies in a service-oriented business model is beneficial for companies to create value [20].…”

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Evaluation of Product Innovation Practice of Chinese Internet Companies Based on DANP Model

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2022

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

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Purpose. Internet companies have played an important supporting role in China’s economic growth and social resource allocation in the advent of an exogenous shock: the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This is owing to their digital, networked, and platform-based characteristics amidst an environment of intensified competition and stagnation of innovation activities due to the pandemic shock. Thus, based on the social network theory and resource-based theory, this study combines the DANP model with corporate innovation to build a product innovation performance evaluation framework for Chinese Internet companies. From a value network perspective, this study considers the different performance aspects of network embeddedness, knowledge management, environmental triggering, and organizational effectiveness. Methodology. The performance of Internet enterprise product innovation may be considered a complex multicriteria decision-making problem. This study used the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory-based analytic network algorithms to analyze the complex influencing relationship among the factors and calculate their weights. Preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluation was used for selecting the final solution of multiobjective optimization. Three representative and influential Internet companies in China were selected for empirical analysis and practical evaluation, to find the gap between product innovation performance and expectations and present development suggestions. Findings. The study results reveal that relational embeddedness, knowledge sharing degree, cognitive embeddedness, structural embeddedness, knowledge absorptive capacity, and corporate strategic orientation are important to Chinese Internet enterprise product innovation performance. Practical Implications. This Internet enterprise product innovation performance evaluation framework can be used by Internet business operators to assess product innovation performance and identify areas of improvement. This study provides new product innovation ideas for Chinese Internet companies during an epidemic situation. Originality/Value. This study contributes to the present body of knowledge by using the DANP model to conduct empirical analysis, considering value network-related performance aspects to evaluate the product innovation performance of Internet enterprise in China.

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Evaluation of Product Innovation Practice of Chinese Internet Companies Based on DANP Model

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“…Impact on jobs and knowledge management due to application of IoT in the manufacturing Industry 4.0 [16,36,41,118,125] With machines taking up most of the tasks in a smart factory, employees will take on more complex roles in these factories. This will need special skills and knowledge to fill these job roles, creating a vast skill gap with retiring experienced and skilled workers.…”

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“…The high costs of implementing IoT technologies add to the burden for manufacturers, thus leading to slow adoption of these technologies in some sectors [14,69]. The empirical research also reported costs such as workforce training and development, systems integrations, security and opportunity costs of the learning curve [118,119].…”

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Impact of IoT on Manufacturing Industry 4.0: A New Triangular Systematic Review

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The Internet of Things (IoT) has realised the fourth industrial revolution concept; however, its applications in the manufacturing industry are relatively sparse and primarily investigated without contextual peculiarities. Our research undertakes an intricate critical review to investigate significant aspects of IoT applications in the manufacturing Industry 4.0 perspective to address this gap. We adopt a systematic literature review approach by Denyer and Tranfield (2009) to carry out critical analyses that help develop future research domains based on empirical studies. We describe key knowledge gaps in the existing literature and empirical studies by exploring the main contribution categories and finding six critical differences between traditional and manufacturing Industry 4.0 and 10 enablers and 11 challenges of IoT applications. Finally, an agenda for future research is proposed with 11 research domains to focus on the recognised gaps.

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“…Leach [2] conducted a comprehensive review of available sources, and it shows the richness of the literature available. There are also numerous articles that focus on comprehensive review of specific theme, such as sustainability in healthcare [3], circular economy [4], or gender sustainability in corporate boards [5], which provide a wide range of sources, showing that sustainability is a popular subject of scientific enquiry. Diverse social groups may have different and possibly opposing interests, priorities, and perspectives, which makes the matter highly politicized and an object of continual negotiation and renegotiation.…”

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Definitions of Sustainability in the Context of Gender

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2021

Sustainability

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The notion of sustainability is of paramount importance for long-term survival; it is also about keeping up, moving on, and not jeopardizing the future of life on earth or the future itself. It is about tangible strategies for the reproduction and long-term existence of our own species that may be supported by the mundane everyday life practices and consumer or citizen choices that are often linked directly or indirectly to gender. Sustainable development relies on innovation and innovative social solutions. Without them, sustainability would not persist. This paper sets its research perspective within a systematic review of the literature and theory to develop a sustainability definition within the context of gender as a seed for sustainable innovation. This paper is divided into sections that cover various issues, such as: sustainability and gender in demographics (social justice, increase in number of pensioners, labor market); environment/ecology (education, ecofeminism); and corporate responsibility (consumer decisions and leadership). In each section, a definition is developed, being supported by evidence from existing studies and a discussion on how sustainability may be defined in the context of gender concludes the paper. The paper suggests that gender has a clear social impact, which constitutes a relevant and important seed for the achievement of sustainable development.

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Towards a Conceptual Development of Industry 4.0, Servitisation, and Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review

Cited by 57 publications

References 166 publications

Evaluation of Product Innovation Practice of Chinese Internet Companies Based on DANP Model

Evaluation of Product Innovation Practice of Chinese Internet Companies Based on DANP Model

Impact of IoT on Manufacturing Industry 4.0: A New Triangular Systematic Review

Definitions of Sustainability in the Context of Gender

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