工业4.0技术对中国企业可持续绩效影响的研究

各种工业4.0技术是企业实现工业4.0转型的基本途径，但是它们是否能形成企业可持续绩效及其有效的作用方式还有待深入研究。本项目拟从可持续发展理论和资源基础理论为切入点，首先在界定工业4.0技术形成企业特有资源和能力的本质和类别的基础上，识别中国企业投资工业4.0技术的驱动因素和权变因素，并从证券市场价值、经济、环境和社会角度构建企业可持续绩效体系；其次基于工业4.0技术类别之间协同关系，分析每类工业4.0技术的单一和多重作用机理，并构建工业4.0技术作用机制的理论框架；最后基于该理论框架和企业实证数据，从直接作用、驱动作用、权变作用和等价关系四个方面构建并验证工业4.0技术作用机制模型。预期成果可以指导中国企业有效投资工业4.0技术实践，为企业解决投资困境、识别投资方式和改善投资效果提供可操作性的决策依据，最终实现企业经济、环境和社会绩效的多赢。

Industry 4.0 is replete with disruptive technologies (DTs) that are profoundly transforming organizations. Increasing emphasis on sustainability – balancing environmental, social and economic dimensions – has made organizational adoption and investment in disruptive technology more complex and uncertain. There is a gap in the research literature and investigations on whether DTs relate and influence lasting organizational sustainability performance. This project aims to fill this gap and advance research in Industrial 4.0 by initially investigating the various antecedents that DTs offer to organizational sustainability performance. Theoretically, DTs can be tied to the Resource Based View of the organization; whether they can also inform the Natural Resource Based View is another interesting research question as it expands to a sustainability framework. First, we will confirm that DT characteristics can support firm capacity, resources and capabilities. This investigation will require identifying the driving and contingency factors of the DTs and sustainability performance within Chinese organizations. Sustainability performance measures including market value, economic, environmental and social perspectives will need to be formed and integrated. The causal relationship between DTs and sustainability performance and various linkages will be introduced in a theoretical causal framework – reliance on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals will be paramount to this development. Based on this theoretical framework and the Resource Based View, DTs are developed and tested using direct, driving, moderating effects and equifinality – equifinality means numerous paths may exist to achieve similar outcomes. These different approaches investigate both direct and contingency effects. The expected results can guide organizations to effectively adopt and integrate DTs into their firms; building a broader business case for their adoption. The result can also support operational decision making and help firms to realize potential win-win-win opportunities on economic, environmental and social dimensions.