Industry 4.0 in small and medium enterprises: a state-of-the-art science mapping review
Purpose – This study comprehensively reviews the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which refers to Industry 4.0 (IR 4.0) applications in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Multinational companies and big corporations have the capacity and resources to implement IR 4.0, but SMEs are limited due to fina...
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| author | Ahmad, Md Faizal Fauzi, Muhammad Ashraf Mustapha, Mohamad Reeduan Muhamad Tamyez, Puteri Fadzline Sadun, Amirul Syafiq |
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| description | Purpose – This study comprehensively reviews the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which refers to Industry 4.0 (IR 4.0) applications in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Multinational companies and big corporations have the capacity and resources to implement IR 4.0, but SMEs are limited due to financial constraints, expertise and lack of resources. Even so, IR 4.0 is required as technologies evolve and market demand has changed how firms do business. Design/methodology/approach – To uncover the potential of IR 4.0 and critical determinants of SMEs’ adoption of IR 4.0, this study presents a bibliometric analysis to evaluate the current research streams in IR 4.0 adoption among SMEs through bibliographic coupling. Furthermore, this review provides a glimpse of the future by analyzing prospective trends on IR 4.0 in SMEs.
Findings – Bibliographic coupling produces five clusters: (1) challenges and barriers in IR 4.0 implementation among SMEs, (2) technological adoption of
IR 4.0, (3) opportunities and benefits of IR 4.0, (4) business model innovation and (5) implication of IR 4.0 on SMEs technologies. On the contrary, co-word analysis produces three clusters: (1) technologies in IR 4.0, (2) strategy and management of IR 4.0 among SMEs and (3) IR 4.0 model for SMEs. Research limitations/implications – Implications are directly related to business owners, policymakers and technology developers meeting the needs of the industry and SMEs, which are the focus of this review. Originality/value – The findings contribute significantly to the body of knowledge by presenting a state-of-the-art science mapping approach to uncover the knowledge structure and intellectual linkage of IR 4.0 adoption within SMEs |
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| spelling | my.uthm.eprints-126622025-06-05T07:06:40Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/12662/ Industry 4.0 in small and medium enterprises: a state-of-the-art science mapping review Ahmad, Md Faizal Fauzi, Muhammad Ashraf Mustapha, Mohamad Reeduan Muhamad Tamyez, Puteri Fadzline Sadun, Amirul Syafiq T Technology (General) Purpose – This study comprehensively reviews the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which refers to Industry 4.0 (IR 4.0) applications in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Multinational companies and big corporations have the capacity and resources to implement IR 4.0, but SMEs are limited due to financial constraints, expertise and lack of resources. Even so, IR 4.0 is required as technologies evolve and market demand has changed how firms do business. Design/methodology/approach – To uncover the potential of IR 4.0 and critical determinants of SMEs’ adoption of IR 4.0, this study presents a bibliometric analysis to evaluate the current research streams in IR 4.0 adoption among SMEs through bibliographic coupling. Furthermore, this review provides a glimpse of the future by analyzing prospective trends on IR 4.0 in SMEs. Findings – Bibliographic coupling produces five clusters: (1) challenges and barriers in IR 4.0 implementation among SMEs, (2) technological adoption of IR 4.0, (3) opportunities and benefits of IR 4.0, (4) business model innovation and (5) implication of IR 4.0 on SMEs technologies. On the contrary, co-word analysis produces three clusters: (1) technologies in IR 4.0, (2) strategy and management of IR 4.0 among SMEs and (3) IR 4.0 model for SMEs. Research limitations/implications – Implications are directly related to business owners, policymakers and technology developers meeting the needs of the industry and SMEs, which are the focus of this review. Originality/value – The findings contribute significantly to the body of knowledge by presenting a state-of-the-art science mapping approach to uncover the knowledge structure and intellectual linkage of IR 4.0 adoption within SMEs Emerald 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/12662/1/J18062_4100a963e6957a1a693d9584b417843e.pdf Ahmad, Md Faizal and Fauzi, Muhammad Ashraf and Mustapha, Mohamad Reeduan and Muhamad Tamyez, Puteri Fadzline and Sadun, Amirul Syafiq (2024) Industry 4.0 in small and medium enterprises: a state-of-the-art science mapping review. Industrial Robot: the international journal of robotics research and application. pp. 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IR-03-2024-0115 |
| spellingShingle | T Technology (General) Ahmad, Md Faizal Fauzi, Muhammad Ashraf Mustapha, Mohamad Reeduan Muhamad Tamyez, Puteri Fadzline Sadun, Amirul Syafiq Industry 4.0 in small and medium enterprises: a state-of-the-art science mapping review |
| title | Industry 4.0 in small and medium enterprises: a state-of-the-art science mapping review |
| title_full | Industry 4.0 in small and medium enterprises: a state-of-the-art science mapping review |
| title_fullStr | Industry 4.0 in small and medium enterprises: a state-of-the-art science mapping review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Industry 4.0 in small and medium enterprises: a state-of-the-art science mapping review |
| title_short | Industry 4.0 in small and medium enterprises: a state-of-the-art science mapping review |
| title_sort | industry 4.0 in small and medium enterprises: a state-of-the-art science mapping review |
| topic | T Technology (General) |
| url | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/12662/1/J18062_4100a963e6957a1a693d9584b417843e.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/12662/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IR-03-2024-0115 |
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