The Effect of Industry 4.0 Technologies and Circular Economy on Sustainable Business Performance: Application in the Elevator Industry

Year 2024, , 601 - 622, 31.10.2024

Mevlüt Köksal

https://doi.org/10.51551/verimlilik.1485238

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine whether Industry 4.0 technologies and circular economy have a direct or indirect effect on the sustainable performance of businesses.
Method: The scale created in the study and the data collected from businesses were analyzed using structural equation modelling. The relationships between variables could be determined more accurately.
Findings: In the study, a structural equation model was established with 9 variables from Industry 4.0 technologies, 6 variables from circular economy and 3 variables from sustainable performance and their sub-variables. As a result of the analysis, a significant and positive relationship was determined between Industry 4.0 and the circular economy and between the circular economy and sustainable performance, while a positive and significant relationship of Industry 4.0 technologies to sustainable performance through the circular economy was also determined.
Originality: In today's conditions, where competitiveness increases, efficiency and sustainability come to the fore, it is a necessity for businesses to evaluate their performance based on social and environmental indicators rather than just economic indicators. Determining how the circular economy model, which has emerged as a new concept at a point where sustainable performance is becoming increasingly important, and Industry 4.0 technologies, which have already opened the door to a new industrial revolution, will affect the performance in question and the relationship between the two concepts will fill the missing gap in the literature. It opens the door to an original work.

Keywords

Industry, Economy, Circularity, Sustainability, Performance

Endüstri 4.0 Teknolojileri ve Döngüsel Ekonominin Sürdürülebilir İşletme Performansına Etkisi: Asansör Sektöründe Uygulama

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, Endüstri 4.0 teknolojileri ve döngüsel ekonominin işletmelerin sürdürülebilir performansına doğrudan veya dolaylı etkisinin olup olmadığını belirlemektir.
Yöntem: Çalışmada oluşturulan ölçek ile işletmelerden toplanan veriler yapısal eşitlik modellemesi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Değişkenler arasındaki ilişkiler daha sağlıklı belirlenebilmiştir.
Bulgular: Çalışmada Endüstri 4.0 teknolojilerinden 9 değişken ile döngüsel ekonomiden 6 değişken ve sürdürülebilir performanstan ise 3 değişken ve bunların alt değişkenleriyle yapısal eşitlik modeli kurulmuştur. Yapılan analiz neticesinde Endüstri 4.0 ile döngüsel ekonomi arasında ve döngüsel ekonomi ile sürdürülebilir performans arasında anlamlı ve pozitif ilişki tespit edilirken, Endüstri 4.0 teknolojilerinin döngüsel ekonomi üzerinden sürdürülebilir performansa pozitif ve anlamlı bir ilişkisi de tespit edilmiştir.
Özgünlük: Rekabetçiliğin arttığı, verimliliğin ve sürdürülebilirliğinin ön plana çıktığı günümüz koşullarında işletmelerin performanslarını değerlendirmek için sadece ekonomi göstergesi yerine sosyal ve çevresel göstergeleri de baz almaları bir zorunluluk olmaktadır. Sürdürülebilir performansın giderek önem kazandığı bir noktada yeni bir kavram olarak ortaya çıkan döngüsel ekonomi modelinin ve hali hazırda yeni bir sanayi devrimine kapı aralayan Endüstri 4.0 teknolojilerinin işletmelerde beraber kullanılmasının söz konusu performansa nasıl etki edeceği ve iki kavramın aralarındaki ilişki boyutunun tespiti literatürde eksik olan boşluğu doldurması bakımından özgün bir çalışmaya kapı aralamaktadır.

Keywords

Sanayi, Ekonomi, Döngüsellik, Sürdürülebilirlik, Performans

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