How Can Organisations and Business Models Lead to a More Sustainable Society? A Framework from a Systematic Review of the Industry 4.0

Lia Tirabeni, Paola De Bernardi, Canio Forliano and Mattia Franco
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Lia Tirabeni: Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milano Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy
Paola De Bernardi: Department of Management, University of Turin, 10134 Turin, Italy
Canio Forliano: Department of Management, University of Turin, 10134 Turin, Italy
Mattia Franco: Department of Management, University of Turin, 10134 Turin, Italy

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 22, 1-23

Abstract: The concept of Industry 4.0 has been mainly addressed by the current literature from a technological perspective, overlooking the organisational and even ethical challenges related to this recent paradigm. In order to become ‘4.0 compliant’, an enterprise must adapt its organisation and business approaches, and these changes may lead to a significant impact on sustainability. Therefore, we performed a systematic literature review to investigate the most recent Industry 4.0 research streams by adopting a multi-perspective approach. This analysis led to collect insights on the key traits of an Enterprise 4.0: integration, decomposed hierarchy, flexibility, and autonomy. Each of these keywords involves work environments, business and organisational models, and educational approaches, which constitute the key traits of the novel framework proposed in this study.

Keywords: Industry 4.0; organisation; sustainable business model; sustainability; smart enterprise; enterprise 4.0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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