Driving Factors and Mechanisms of AMT Application Levels for Equipment Manufacturing Enterprises: Based on Programmatic Grounded Theory

Guilian Wang, Liyan Zhang and Jing Guo
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Guilian Wang: School of Management Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin 300222, China
Liyan Zhang: Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin 300222, China
Jing Guo: Business School, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin 300222, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 14, 1-18

Abstract: As a major part of the global manufacturing industry attaining technological upgrades, the adoption and application of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) plays a vital role in the development of enterprises. Thus, it is of the utmost significance to examine the driving factors that affect AMT application levels in equipment manufacturing enterprises. Through extensive interviews, the use of the qualitative research method of grounded theory, and the three-stage coding of the interview data from intelligent manufacturing pilot demonstration enterprises and projects, this study identified the key influencing factors for the AMT application levels of equipment manufacturing enterprises. We obtained 46 concepts and extracted 18 key categories and 6 main categories. Then, the logical relationships between the main categories were established. Finally, a driving factor model for the AMT application levels of equipment manufacturing enterprises was constructed. The results reveal that the driving factors that affect the AMT application levels of equipment manufacturing enterprises can be summarized as capability factors (technical capability, market capability, and management capability), motivation factors (material incentives and development incentives), and opportunity factors (external stakeholders). Overall, this study proposed a mechanism from the three aspects of ability, motivation, and opportunity.

Keywords: advanced manufacturing technology (AMT); programmatic grounded theory; driving factors; mechanisms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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