...Asha Bhatia; Alkis Thrassou; Vaishali Gupta Purpose This study aims to examine how Industry 4.0 technologies enable circular economy adoption and sustainability performance in Indian manufacturing firms, and elucidates the conceptual distinction between Industry 4.0, which represents...

... do not provide the strongest predictive performance; organizational and environmental conditions contribute substantially to explaining variation in BDA usage. Originality/value This study extends BDA and Industry 4.0 research by enriching the TOE framework through a multilevel...

...Minh Cong Tran; Lam Canh Nguyen; Phuong Le Pham; Phuong Minh Hoang; Huy Gia Dinh; Huy Quang Truong; An Thi Binh Duong Purpose This paper aims to conceptualise the digital transformation of Industry 4.0 technologies in logistics firms within developing countries. Design/methodology/approach...

...Oanh Thi Kim Vu; Abel Duarte Alonso; Lam Nguyen; Anushka Siriwardana; Jasper Teow; Gavin Nicholson; Seamus O’Brien Purpose The purpose of this research was to elucidate the adoption of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) within the shipping industry in Vietnam, where this industry plays a central role in trade...

...., 2020). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlights that industries in vulnerable geographical areas face a high risk of significant disruptions due to these climatic events (IPCC, 2021). Supply chain resilience Risk management Digital innovation Blockchain Industry 4.0...

... sustainability goals in terms of the triple bottom line and digitalization as the adoption of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies. The study aims to understand how the characteristics of Italian districts influence the choices related to the twin transition and how it affects textile industrial firms. Design...

...Divya Choudhary; Indranil Nandy Purpose A large number of organisations are moving towards adopting Industry 4.0 (I4.0), and simultaneously, the emphasis on attaining sustainability development goals is also increasing. Hence, it is imperative to understand the interplay between I4.0...

...Maja Sajdak; Michał Młody Purpose This paper aims to identify the basis of the technological anxiety phenomenon by defining the differences and similarities in terms of barriers of the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies across industrial processing sector. Design/methodology/approach...

...Rudy Fernandez-Escobedo; Begoña Eguía-Peña; Leire Aldaz-Odriozola Purpose This conceptual paper aims to develop the vision of a novel policy tool called the digital industrial cluster (DIC) thought for a future context shaped by digital economies and Industry 4.0. The DIC departs from...

...Josélia Elvira Teixeira; Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann Purpose This paper aims to provide a comprehensive, systematic review of the literature on Industry 4.0 – and on the trends and implications of the digitalization of manufacturing – from the perspective of business and economics. Design...

... empirical insights about how RTIs perform research and development (R&D) and non-R&D activities to digitise, facilitated by leading firms that frequently engage with RTIs. Subsequently, leading firms interact and diffuse Industry 4.0 within their networks of SMEs. RTIs activate digitising...

...Wojciech Dyba; Valentina De Marchi Purpose This paper aims to explore the role of business support organisations (BSO) in overcoming barriers to the adoption of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies, especially in disseminating knowledge on such technologies among cluster firms. Design/methodology...

... limitations of this paper that warrant further research are as follows: the paper’s focus on intra-organizational digital business strategizing which excludes collaborative inter-organizational digital business strategizing among network organizations in Industry 4.0; and the need for empirical examination...

...Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver; Gregorio Gonzalez-Alcaide; Ronald Rojas-Alvarado; Silvia Monto-Mompo Purpose Industry 4.0 or digitization, from a regional innovation system (RIS) and policy perspective to improve regional innovation, is over-looked. Specifically, this paper aims to focus on analyzing...

... on the innovativeness of firms within clusters. Additionally, it enables further research enriching the discussion about cluster attributes and how these affect ongoing processes. Practical implications Linking cluster theory and policy with Industry 4.0 raises awareness for being considerate in terms of funding...

...://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Innovation Policy Industry 4.0 Knowledge diffusion Industrial districts Firms agglomeration is a relevant phenomenon for economic and industrial development. Economics and management scholars have examined in depth the features and the evolution...

...Marco Bettiol; Mauro Capestro; Valentina De Marchi; Eleonora Di Maria; Silvia Rita Sedita Purpose This paper aims to explore if firms located in industrial districts (IDs) have different adoption paths concerning Industry 4.0 technologies and get different results with respect to other similar...

...Gautam Dutta; Ravinder Kumar; Rahul Sindhwani; Rajesh Kumar Singh Purpose Manufacturing excellence is critical to our nation’s economy. Indian Government’s National Manufacturing Policy, drafted in 2011, is being revamped to include the aspects of Industry 4.0. Initiatives, both led and assisted...