Involvement in Renewable Energy in the Organization of the IR 4.0 Era Based on the Maturity of Socially Responsible Strategic Partnership with Customers—An Example of the Food Industry

Anna Adamik, Katarzyna Liczmańska-Kopcewicz, Paula Pypłacz and Agnieszka Wiśniewska
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Anna Adamik: Faculty of Management and Production Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, 266 Piotrkowska Street, 90-924 Lodz, Poland
Katarzyna Liczmańska-Kopcewicz: Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Gagarina 13a, 87-100 Torun, Poland
Paula Pypłacz: Faculty of Management, Czestochowa University of Technology, Armii Krajowej 19B, 42-201 Czestochowa, Poland
Agnieszka Wiśniewska: Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw, Szturmowa 1/3, 02-678 Warszawa, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-22

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to explain the determinants of the process of investing in renewable energy sources (RES) from the perspective of enterprises, with particular emphasis on the strength of their orientation on such strategic issues as sustainable development, orientation towards innovation, as well as the level of maturity of their partnership with the client. The research method was carried out on a sample of 157 industrial enterprises in the food industry. The research process was conducted with the consideration of making these decisions dependent on the strength of companies’ commitment to several strategic issues: sustainable development, innovation orientation, and the maturity of their partnership with the customer. The results of the data analysis collected during the quantitative research show a strong correlation between the level of openness of the organization of the IR 4.0 era to RES and (a) orientation towards sustainable development, (b) orientation towards intelligence, and (c) maturity of strategic partnering with customers.

Keywords: renewable energy sources; sustainability; sustainable development; innovation; innovation orientation; partnership with the customer; maturity of strategic partnering with customers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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