This study addresses Industry 4.0 from a managerial perspective. A systematic literature review is used to identify the enabling technologies, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, i.e. its ‘E-SWOT’ elements. Then, these elements are analysed interviewing managers of 39 companies different sizes, industrial sectors, service levels. The results show that there differences in adoption rates technologies depending on size firms, across four sectors represented. On other hand, no...

Industry 4.0 has fused digitalisation with traditional industrial processes bridging the physical and virtual worlds opening unimagined possibilities for 21st century business growth. Research is still evolving towards development of frameworks linking Industry’s enabling technologies to specific goals their impact on manufacturers’ businesses. A systematic review all peer-reviewed managerial research performed extract technologies, barriers goals. framework barriers, then developed together...

Purpose Previous research reports mixed results regarding the performance impact of servitization in manufacturing firms. To resolve this, purpose this paper is to develop a conceptually consistent and comprehensive measurement framework for both dimensions, its effect, apply configurational analysis reexamine previous evidence, arriving at theory relationship between firm performance. Design/methodology/approach Combining systematic literature review (SLR) inductive reasoning, existing...

Materiality analysis is a multi-purpose tool for prioritising sustainability issues from the double perspective of companies and stakeholders, meaning that both parties contribute to identifying present emerging social environmental risks opportunities. The current study proposes practical structured approach performing materiality analysis, integrating well-known Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) matrix new “adequacy matrix”. purpose GRI prioritize in terms relevance stakeholders. adequacy...

University certificates can have a significant impact on people’s lives: they help people get the job want or allow companies to decide whether candidate for has appropriate skills. Despite their important social role, current systems certifying academic achievements are slow, complicated, expensive, and vulnerable forgery. In education field, Blockcerts project, an open source project launched by MIT Learning Machine in 2016, seems potential become new standard issuing using Blockchain...

Sustainability reporting is the practice of measuring, disclosing, and being accountable to internal and external stakeholders for company’s ability achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs) and manage impacts on society. According Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 guidelines, the purpose materiality analysis in sustainability determine those economic, environmental social issues that are most significant company its stakeholders. A key challenge ensure completeness covering all...

Abstract Open innovation (OI) is a pivotal driver in fostering the practical implementation of circular economy (CE). Based on 42 case studies identified through systematic search, present study seeks to understand how OI strategies are currently integrated within companies' business models (CBMs). The content analysis cases, interpreted strategy matrix, emphasises prevalent inclination among companies towards collaborative and network‐based strategies. These exhibit high depth breadth...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a method for analysing and improving the operational performance business processes (BPs). Design/methodology/approach employs two standards, Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN 2.0) Processes Simulation (BPSim 1.0), measure key indicators (KPIs) BPs test potential improvements. BP first modelled in BPMN 2.0. Operational can then be measured using BPSim 1.0. process simulation also enables execution reliable “what-if” analysis, allowing...

This study reviews systematically the literature on measurement of firm-level degree servitization. The results show that servitization measures are inconsistent across studies, even among those investigating similar research questions, and a theoretical reference for their appropriate use is still missing. Focusing these shortcomings, this conceptualizes in three classes, i.e. 'extension', 'infusion', 'orientation'. Hence, to operationalize each class derived from review subsequently...

Purpose The primary objective of this paper is to show a systematic and methodological approach for the digitalization critical clinical pathways (CPs) within healthcare domain. Design/methodology/approach methodology entails integration service design (SD) action research (AR) methodologies, characterized by iterative phases that systematically alternate between reflective processes, fostering cycles change learning. Within framework, stakeholders are engaged through semi-structured...

Healthcare organizations are increasingly pushed to improve the quality of care service taking into account increasing complexity in patient treatment and continuous reduction available resources. The adoption Business Process Management (BPM) practices is thus becoming a key enabler for improvement healthcare processes (HPs). Accordingly, methods tools required address behavioral performance aspects from early phases process lifecycle order healthcare, reduce costly reworks increase...

The high level of uncertainty characterising the future market demand in many industrial sectors makes it necessary to use strategic investment evaluation models that foresee possibility determining and managing order be able fully take potentials for creating value associated with it. By using approach real options this work, a mathematical model is provided choosing photovoltaic industry; allows management handle cannot otherwise dealt by Net Present Value (NPV) as tool support decisions....

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations" 2030 Agenda for are intended to orientate efforts governments and companies deal with environmental social problems affecting contemporary societies.Gender Equality is one these SDGs, women"s participation in leadership at all levels decision making political, economic public life, its crucial targets.The paper analyses progress meeting this target a focus on European Union (EU) context.Particularly, qualitative trend analysis...

This paper analyses the relationship between a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) and its Hosting (HNO) in mobile telecommunications industry. A model is defined to analyse competition strategic interactions two players their economic consequences. Two different scenarios are envisaged observe effects when varying interconnection charges structural characteristics of operators. The analysis results obtained from focuses on retail price strategies market shares profits an attempt provide...

The reliability of sustainability report is important for accounting companies’ performance to stakeholders. issues covered in a inform stakeholders the company sustainability strategies and practices. However, drawing up involves the risk misleading communications green washing purposes. This topic much discussed in the scientific literature but, to date, without or with insufficient support quantitative analyses. This paper focuses on corporate policies CO2 reduction, investigating...

This paper proposes a model which analyses the role of technological innovation in competitiveness and efficiency payment system industry. The performance this industry is described through use mathematical strategies platforms are analysed considering innovation. shows how development most common competitive strategy an oligopolistic market platforms. Moreover, that these can develop product/service innovations or price differentiations order to deal with competition effectively.