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: Received: 16 September 2020 / Approved: 18 September 2020 / Online: 18 September 2020 (11:11:47 CEST)
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Roblek, V.; Thorpe, O.; Meško, M.; Bach, M.P.; Jerman, A. The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Sustainability Practices: A Comparative Automated Content Analysis Approach of Theory and Practice. Preprints2020, 2020090431. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0431.v1
Roblek, V.; Thorpe, O.; Meško, M.; Bach, M.P.; Jerman, A. The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Sustainability Practices: A Comparative Automated Content Analysis Approach of Theory and Practice. Preprints 2020, 2020090431. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0431.v1
Roblek, V.; Thorpe, O.; Meško, M.; Bach, M.P.; Jerman, A. The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Sustainability Practices: A Comparative Automated Content Analysis Approach of Theory and Practice. Preprints2020, 2020090431. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0431.v1
APA Style
Roblek, V., Thorpe, O., Meško, M., Bach, M.P., & Jerman, A. (2020). The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Sustainability Practices: A Comparative Automated Content Analysis Approach of Theory and Practice. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0431.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Roblek, V., Mirjana Pejic Bach and Andrej Jerman. 2020 "The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Sustainability Practices: A Comparative Automated Content Analysis Approach of Theory and Practice" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202009.0431.v1
Abstract
Background (1) In the time of the 4th Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0, a conglomerate of technical and social inventions, political contexts, socio-cultural circumstances, environmental policies, business models, and economic policies has emerged. Sustainability policy in theory and practice aims to deal with the effects of all these factors and to try to make decisions that ensure both social and economic development sustainably. The question is how to familiarize oneself with the current knowledge about the relationship between Industry 4.0 and sustainability?; (2) Methods: This research utilizes an automated content analysis method to analyses scientific journals, newspapers and magazines. The comparison of results of both research group shows that the scientific literature focuses more on changes in business models, production processes and technologies that enable sustainable development; (3) We found that the scientific literature focuses more on changes in business models, production processes and technologies that enable sustainable development. Newspapers and magazines articles write more about sustainable or green investment, sustainable standards and sustainable reporting. Newspapers and magazines articles write more about sustainable or green investment, sustainable standards and sustainable reporting. Newspapers, as well as some latest research journals, include articles of the COVID-19 outbreak and its effect on the economy and the environment. Indeed, the outbreak of the virus brings a new thought to the reorganization of the complex relationships between consumers, businesses and the state; (4) Conclusions: According to the comparison of the analyses of the results, it can is that the analyses of both types of literature, both scientific and professional, shows that there are common topics they write about, which are related to the field of clean production, emissions, renewable energy, climate change, sustainable investments and corporate sustainability. An urgent global issue that extends all over the world is the promotion of energy-saving technologies and reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.
Keywords
sustainability; Industry 4.0; automated content analysis; sustainable investment; corporate social responsibility; sustainable standards; sustainable reporting; smart manufacturing; renewable energy; cleaner production
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Sustainable Science and Technology
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