Industry 4.0 technologies adoption: barriers and their impact on Polish companies’ innovation performance

IF 2.6 3区经济学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

European Planning Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI:10.1080/09654313.2022.2068347

B. Jankowska, Ewa Mińska‐Struzik, Ma³gorzata Bartosik-Purgat, Marta A. Götz, I. Olejnik

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies is a priority from the perspective of firms’ innovation performance. Nevertheless, enterprises’ efforts to follow the pace of digital transformation may be inhibited by several factors. The goal of our study is twofold. First, we try to identify and characterize the barriers businesses face in the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies, investigating the barriers’ impact on the adoption of I4.0 tools. Second, we seek whether the higher level of adoption is followed by the enterprises’ enhanced innovation performance. To that end, we combine a critical literature review with quantitative empirical research. The latter was conducted on a representative sample of 400 Polish manufacturers. The most popular I4.0 technologies implemented by the companies were cybersecurity and social media solutions. The most important barriers were administrative processes and capital expenditures associated with the implementation of Industry 4.0 solutions. Firms’ greater involvement in innovations is followed by their more intensive implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies and the awareness of higher barriers. This study adds to the debate on barriers of innovative processes in companies and allows to draw conclusions valid for firms and policy makers.

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工业4.0技术采用：障碍及其对波兰公司创新绩效的影响

从企业创新绩效的角度来看，采用工业4.0技术是一个优先事项。然而，企业跟上数字化转型步伐的努力可能会受到几个因素的抑制。我们研究的目的是双重的。首先，我们试图识别和描述企业在实施工业4.0技术时面临的障碍，并调查这些障碍对采用工业4.0工具的影响。其次，我们寻求企业的创新绩效是否随着采用程度的提高而提高。为此，我们将批判性文献综述与定量实证研究相结合。后者是在400家波兰制造商的代表性样本上进行的。这些公司实施的最受欢迎的工业4.0技术是网络安全和社交媒体解决方案。最重要的障碍是与实施工业4.0解决方案相关的管理流程和资本支出。企业更多地参与创新，随之而来的是它们更密集地实施工业4.0技术，并意识到更高的壁垒。这项研究增加了关于公司创新过程障碍的辩论，并允许得出对公司和政策制定者有效的结论。

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European Planning Studies Multiple-

CiteScore

7.20

自引率

10.70%

发文量

109

期刊介绍： European Planning Studies provides a forum for ideas and information about spatial development processes and policies in Europe. The journal publishes articles of a theoretical, empirical and policy-relevant nature and is particularly concerned to integrate knowledge of processes with practical policy proposals, implementation and evaluation. Articles of particular interest to the journal focus upon specific spatial development problems, as well as emerging explanations of new urban, regional, national or supranational developmental tendencies. Country-specific, region-specific or locality-specific issues are focused upon, although comparative analysis is of especial value.