Schroeder, Andreas and Ziaee Bigdeli, Ali and Galera Zarcos, Carlos and Baines, Timothy S (2019) Capturing the Benefits of Industry 4.0: A Business Network Perspective. Production Planning and Control, 30 (16). pp. 1305-1321. ISSN 0953-7287
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This study uses a business network perspective to investigate the industry 4.0 context with the internet of things (IoT) as its enabling technology and product-use data as its core network resource. A three-stage qualitative methodology (interviews, focus group, Delphi-based inquiry) was used to examine the case of an emergent IoT-based business network in the UK road transport industry to examine: (i) how aspects of product use data influence the benefit opportunities the data provide to the different network actors; (ii) how capturing of the benefit opportunities in a network context is impacted by key barriers; and (iii) how network capabilities can overcome these barriers to capture benefits from product-use data. The study, thereby, contributes to an understanding of the industry 4.0 context from a resource dependency theory perspective and provides concrete recommendations for management operating in this context.