TY - JOUR
T1 - Industry 4.0 and sustainability: Towards conceptualization and theory
AU - Beltrami, Mirjam
AU - Orzes, Guido
AU - Sarkis, Joseph
AU - Sartor, Marco
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska Curie grant agreement No. 734713 (Project title: SME 4.0—Industry). The authors also thank the Department of Innovation, Research University and Museums of the Autonomous Province of Bozen/Bolzano for covering the Open Access publication costs.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sk?odowska Curie grant agreement No. 734713 (Project title: SME 4.0?Industry). The authors also thank the Department of Innovation, Research University and Museums of the Autonomous Province of Bozen/Bolzano for covering the Open Access publication costs.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - Both Industry 4.0 and sustainability have gained momentum in the academic, managerial and policy debate. Despite the relevance of the topics, the relation between Industry 4.0 and sustainability – revealed by many authors – is still unclear; literature is fragmented. This paper seeks to overcome this limit by developing a systematic literature review of 117 peer-reviewed journal articles. After descriptive and content analyses, the work presents a conceptualization and theoretical framework. The paper contributes to both theory and practice by advancing current understanding of Industry 4.0 and sustainability, especially the impact of Industry 4.0 technologies on sustainability practices and performance.
AB - Both Industry 4.0 and sustainability have gained momentum in the academic, managerial and policy debate. Despite the relevance of the topics, the relation between Industry 4.0 and sustainability – revealed by many authors – is still unclear; literature is fragmented. This paper seeks to overcome this limit by developing a systematic literature review of 117 peer-reviewed journal articles. After descriptive and content analyses, the work presents a conceptualization and theoretical framework. The paper contributes to both theory and practice by advancing current understanding of Industry 4.0 and sustainability, especially the impact of Industry 4.0 technologies on sustainability practices and performance.
KW - 512 Business and Management
KW - Industry 4.0
KW - Fourth industrial revolution
KW - Internet of things
KW - Sustainability
KW - Conceptual framework
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/172d8b9e-8adc-3631-ac6b-9916d2492975/
U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127733
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127733
M3 - Article
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 312
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
M1 - 127733
ER -
