Figure 1.
The flow diagram shows three connected circular stages arranged vertically. The top stage contains the text Industry 4.0 as platform based value creation. The middle stage contains the text Social impact direct, mid term. The bottom stage contains the text Environmental impact indirect, long term. A vertical label to the right reads Enabled by, followed by bullet items Industry 4.0 technologies, Industry 4.0 business models, and Industry 4.0 ecosystems. The three stages are connected sequentially from top to middle and from middle to bottom, indicating progression from value creation to social impact and then to environmental impact.Framework for Industry 4.0 social and environmental impacts enabled by specifically engineered technologies, business models and ecosystems