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Abstract
Keywords:
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Overview
3.2. Multiple Regression Analysis
- Evaluation of the overall quality of the model
- Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
- Interpretation of regression coefficients
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| DOAJ | Directory of open access journals |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| C-CCP | Cyber-Physical Cognitive Production systems |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| R | Multiple correlation coefficient |
| R² | Coefficient of determination |
| Sig. | Significance |
| SPSS | Statistical Package for the Social Sciences |
| Std. Error | Standard Error |
| β | Standardized beta coefficient |
| p-value | Probability value |
| 5G/6G | Fifth-generation / sixth-generation mobile networks |
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| Dependent variable | R | R² | Adjusted R² | Std. Error | Durbin-Watson | F | Sig. |
| Efficiency and Productivity | 0.562 | 0.316 | 0.246 | 0.763 | 2.014 | 4.54 | <0.001 |
| Quality and Reliability | 0.617 | 0.381 | 0.318 | 0.826 | 2.058 | 6.04 | <0.001 |
| Organizational Agility | 0.541 | 0.293 | 0.221 | 0.928 | 2.105 | 4.07 | <0.001 |
| Continuous Innovation | 0.499 | 0.249 | 0.173 | 0.850 | 2.012 | 3.26 | 0.001 |
| Customer Satisfaction | 0.522 | 0.272 | 0.198 | 0.810 | 2.025 | 3.67 | <0.001 |
| Environmental Sustainability | 0.748 | 0.560 | 0.515 | 0.864 | 2.000 | 12.49 | <0.001 |
| Organizational Resilience | 0.491 | 0.241 | 0.164 | 0.792 | 2.150 | 3.12 | 0.001 |
| Dependent variable | Predictor | Standardized β | t-value | p-value |
| Efficiency and Productivity | Big Data | 0.226 | 2.56 | 0.012 |
| Efficiency and Productivity | Edge Computing | 0.214 | 2.35 | 0.021 |
| Efficiency and Productivity | Artificial Intelligence | 0.181 | 2.05 | 0.043 |
| Quality and Reliability | Big Data | 0.341 | 3.78 | <0.001 |
| Quality and Reliability | Artificial Intelligence | 0.205 | 2.40 | 0.018 |
| Quality and Reliability | Digital Twins | 0.176 | 2.02 | 0.046 |
| Organizational Agility | Big Data | 0.258 | 2.95 | 0.004 |
| Organizational Agility | IoT | 0.184 | 2.07 | 0.041 |
| Continuous Innovation | Big Data | 0.219 | 2.47 | 0.015 |
| Continuous Innovation | Digital Twins | 0.191 | 2.17 | 0.032 |
| Customer Satisfaction | IoT | 0.213 | 2.40 | 0.018 |
| Customer Satisfaction | Additive Manufacturing | 0.202 | 2.29 | 0.024 |
| Environmental Sustainability | Energy Efficiency Technologies | 0.552 | 7.45 | <0.001 |
| Environmental Sustainability | Big Data | 0.238 | 3.02 | 0.003 |
| Environmental Sustainability | Digital Twins | 0.184 | 2.23 | 0.028 |
| Organizational Resilience | Energy Efficiency Technologies | 0.247 | 2.81 | 0.006 |
| Organizational Resilience | Additive Manufacturing | 0.181 | 1.99 | 0.049 |
| Organizational Resilience | Big Data | 0.165 | 1.92 | 0.058 |
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