Industry 4.0 technologies and circular economy: The mediating role of supply chain integration

Industry 4.0 technologies and circular economy: The mediating role of supply chain integration Abstract There is a great expectation that Industry 4.0 technologies will enable better circular economy (CE) results at firms. However, it is unclear how these technologies might contribute to CE. We hypothesize that Industry 4.0 technologies are positively related to the level of integration among actors along the supply chain and within the firm supply chain integration (SCI), which, in turn, expla...