Research on the Enabling Effect of Digital Intelligence Technology on Sustainable Manufacturing and Circular Economy
Digital intelligence technology with big data analytics and artificial intelligence(BDA-AI)as its core has the unique potential of comprehensively enabling sustainable manufacturing(SM)and circular economy(CE).The synergetic development of BDA-AI is an important trend in the current development of global production systems.However,the existing researches on BDA-AI are still focused on the technical level,lacking empirical researches and little attention is paid to its enabling effect on SM and CE.Based on institutional theory,resource-based view,organizational culture and dynamic capability view,a cross domain research model of BDA-AI enabling SM and CE is developed;the primary data of 231 enterprises in China's equipment manufacturing industry are collected,and the PLS-SEM method is used for empirical test.The results show that external institutional pressures(coercive pressures,normative pressures and mi-metic pressures)promote the adoption of BDA-AI by influencing the allocation of internal organizational resources(tangible resources and workforce skills);BDA-AI has a significant enabling effect on SM and CE;big data culture,environmental dynamism and organiza-tional flexibility play significant moderating effects in the model paths.
big data analyticsartificial intelligencesustainable manufacturingcircular economyenabling effect