Characterization of the impact of digitalization on the adoption of sustainable business models in manufacturing

Maffei, Antonio; Grahn, Sten; Nuur, Cali

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2019.03.191

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“…During the past decades, the digital revolution has dramatically changed the societies and economies and offered new possibilities and pathways that significantly altered the human lives. Previous studies suggest that digital transformation might be a significant driver to achieve sustainability (Maffei et al 2019), and has generated entirely new mechanisms to maintain and promote natural resources, national wealth, and well-being (Akande et al 2019). Accordingly, several IS researchers suggest that nations should set programs and undertake initiatives towards digitalisation in order to achieve sustainability objectives (Bednar and Welch 2019;Kar et al 2019).…”

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Modelling the Asymmetrical Relationships between Digitalisation and Sustainable Competitiveness: A Cross-Country Configurational Analysis

2020

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Sustainable competitiveness (SC) encourages nations not only to meet the needs of the current generation but also to sustain or even expand national wealth in the future without depleting natural and social capital. Drawing on complexity theory, we used a configurational approach to identify under what necessary and sufficient conditions, digitalisation contributes to achieve higher SC. Shifting attention from net effects to configuration analysis improves our understanding of cross-national differences in sustainability by exploring how the digitalisation factors combine to strengthen SC power across countries. To address the complexity of this configuration, we have incorporated fsQCA and NCA techniques in the modelling of high and low levels of sustainable competitiveness recipes. Analysis of data from 127 countries advanced our perception of how access to ICT infrastructures and capabilities, combined with the adoption and usage of ICT could result in different degrees of sustainable competitiveness. Theoretically, this study contributes to the literature on digitalisation and national sustainability; and it can practically act as a guideline for policymakers to understand the complex interactions and causal configurations of digitalisation factors on sustainability.

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Modelling the Asymmetrical Relationships between Digitalisation and Sustainable Competitiveness: A Cross-Country Configurational Analysis

2020

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“…It also enables providing a competitive environment among the different organizations. In this regard, Maffei et al (2019) discussed the concept of a business model through which firms can adopt a sustainable business model. The study highlights that digitalization has a positive impact on the business model towards sustainable manufacturing.…”

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Nexus of circular economy and sustainable business performance in the era of digitalization

Agrawal

Wankhede

Kumar

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PurposeThis study aims to conduct a comprehensive review and network-based analysis by exploring future research directions in the nexus of circular economy (CE) and sustainable business performance (SBP) in the context of digitalization.Design/methodology/approachA systematic literature review methodology was adopted to present the review in the field of CE and SBP in the era of digitalization. WOS and SCOPUS databases were considered in the study to identify and select the articles. The bibliometric study was carried out to analyze the significant contributions made by authors, various journal sources, countries and different universities in the field of CE and SBP in the era of digitalization. Further, network analysis is carried out to analyze the collaboration among authors from different countries.FindingsThe study revealed that digitalization could be a great help in developing sustainable circular products. Moreover, the customers' involvement is necessary for creating innovative sustainable circular products using digitalization. A move toward the product-service system was suggested to accelerate the transformation toward CE and digitalization.Originality/valueThe paper discusses digitalization and CE practices' adoption to enhance the SP of the firms. This work's unique contribution is the systematic literature analysis and bibliometric study to explore future research directions in the nexus of CE and SP in the context of digitalization. The present study has been one of the first efforts to examine the literature of CE and SBP integration from a digitalization perspective along with bibliometric analysis.

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“…Bonilla et al [52] outlined four different scenarios to evaluate the impacts of the Industry 4.0 production context and its underpinning technologies on environmental sustainability aspects. Antoio et al [53], based on previous literature analysis and taking sustainability and manufacturing as the main object, concluded that digitalization is a powerful tool for enterprises to achieve sustainable manufacturing and innovate the sustainable business model. Marco Savastano [54] proposed that digital technology and digital manufacturing have significant advantages in improving production efficiency, customized production, flexibility and sustainability.…”

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Sustainable Business Model Based on Digital Twin Platform Network: The Inspiration from Haier’s Case Study in China

Cao

Liu

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Sustainability and digitalization have become the main direction of transformation of enterprises. Building a digital twin platform network can provide enterprises with a comprehensive view of products, manufacture, supply chain, customer experience, and profitability, which is conducive to the construction of a sustainable business model. The purpose of this paper is to study how enterprises use digital twin platform networks to generate economic, social and environmental benefits in various dimensions and their coupling relationships. Based on the literature review, this paper constructs a five-dimensional framework of a sustainable business model, and analyses the coupling relationship between dimensions. Using Haier as a way to verify the five-dimensional framework, it explores the dynamic mechanism of the Haier digital twin platform network, constructs an integrated framework based on coupling perspective and compares it with other two home appliance enterprises. The study shows that, through the digital twin platform network, enterprises can remove the disadvantage of focusing on a single product life cycle, and form a comprehensive network, so as to promote overall sustainable upgrades. This paper draws generic strategies and digital transformation suggestions for enterprises to innovate the sustainable business model. The conclusion enriches the research on sustainable business models both theoretically and practically and provides a feasible reference for the transformation of enterprises in digital economy environment.

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Characterization of the impact of digitalization on the adoption of sustainable business models in manufacturing

Cited by 37 publications

References 27 publications

Modelling the Asymmetrical Relationships between Digitalisation and Sustainable Competitiveness: A Cross-Country Configurational Analysis

Modelling the Asymmetrical Relationships between Digitalisation and Sustainable Competitiveness: A Cross-Country Configurational Analysis

Nexus of circular economy and sustainable business performance in the era of digitalization

Sustainable Business Model Based on Digital Twin Platform Network: The Inspiration from Haier’s Case Study in China

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