Sustainable Industrial Value Creation: Benefits and Challenges of Industry 4.0

Daniel Kiel, Julian M. Müller, Christian Arnold and Kai-Ingo Voigt

Chapter 9 in Digital Disruptive Innovation, 2019, pp 231-270 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) poses several implications on manufacturers in terms of economic, ecological, and social aspects referring to the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) of sustainable value creation. Due to its technical core, the current research focused on its technical fundamentals, whereas the economic discussion is still in its infancy. This paper aims at painting a comprehensive and structured picture of IIoT-related economic, ecological, and social benefits and challenges. For this purpose, we employ an exploratory multiple case study approach based on semi-structured expert interviews in 46 manufacturing companies from three leading German industries. Our study contributes to the sparse body of scientific IIoT literature by analysing the IIoT’s implications according to the TBL. We show that, in order to qualify for sustainable industrial value creation, the IIoT requires an extension of the established TBL by three further dimensions, i.e., technical integration, data and information, and public context.

Keywords: Innovation; Digital Innovation; Disruptive Technologies; Digital Disruption Strategies; Digital Business Model Innovation; Digital Platform Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O32 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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