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Mapping the links between Industry 4.0, circular economy and sustainability: a systematic literature review
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P.R.S. Sarma ,
Sachin Modgil ,
Tirthankar Nag ,
Denis Dennehy
Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 1 - 35
Swansea University Author:
Denis Dennehy
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© Vishal Singh Patyal, P.R.S. Sarma, Sachin Modgil, Tirthankar Nag and Denis Dennehy. Published by Emerald Publishing Limited. This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY4.0)
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DOI (Published version): 10.1108/jeim-05-2021-0197
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PurposeThe study aims to map the links between Industry 4.0 (I-4.0) technologies and circular economy (CE) for sustainable operations and their role to achieving the selected number of sustainable development goals (SDGs).Design/methodology/approachThe study adopts a systematic literature review met...
| Published in: | Journal of Enterprise Information Management |
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| ISSN: | 1741-0398 |
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Emerald
2022
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59292 |
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PurposeThe study aims to map the links between Industry 4.0 (I-4.0) technologies and circular economy (CE) for sustainable operations and their role to achieving the selected number of sustainable development goals (SDGs).Design/methodology/approachThe study adopts a systematic literature review method to identify 76 primary studies that were published between January 2010 and December 2020. The authors synthesized the existing literature using Scopus database to investigate I-4.0 technologies and CE to select SDGs.FindingsThe findings of the study bridge the gap in the literature at the intersection between I-4.0 and sustainable operations in line with the regenerate, share, optimize, loop, virtualize and exchange (ReSOLVE) framework leading to CE practices. Further, the study also depicts the CE practices leading to the select SDGs (“SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation,” “SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy,” “SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure,” “SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production” and “SDG 13: Climate Action”). The study proposes a conceptual framework based on the linkages above, which can help organizations to realign their management practices, thereby achieving specific SDGs.Originality/valueThe originality of the study is substantiated by a unique I-4.0-sustainable operations-CE-SDGs (ISOCES) framework that integrates I-4.0 and CE for sustainable development. The framework is unique, as it is based on an in-depth and systematic review of the literature that maps the links between I-4.0, CE and sustainability. |
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Industry 4.0, Circular economy, Sustainable development goals, Sustainable operations |
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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