Analysis of IT and industry 4.0 technologies as facilitators of internationalization and business performance
Análisis de TI y de las tecnologías de la industria 4.0 como facilitadores de la internacionalización y rendimiento empresarial
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https://doi.org/10.15446/ing.investig.v40n3.81696Keywords:
IT, industry 4.0, Internationalization, Business Performance (en)TI, Industria 4.0, Internacionalización, Rendimiento empresarial (es)
The impact of Information Technology (IT) in organizations has attracted the attention of professionals and academics in recent years. This article analyses the relation between the use of IT and the technologies of Industry 4.0 with internationalization and business performance. Through a study of 168 companies in Bogotá city, different regression analyses have been carried out according to the research model proposed to estimate the effects of the determined variables. It is evident that companies with a greater degree use of IT present a greater degree of international activity. Likewise, the study established a model that demonstrates the direct relation between the use of IT and industry 4.0 technologies with business performance. For the statistical analysis the R studio software has been used.
El impacto de las tecnologías de la información (TI) en las organizaciones ha atraído la atención de profesionales y académicos en los últimos años. Este artículo analiza la relación entre el uso de TI y las tecnologías de la Industria 4.0 con la internacionalización y el rendimiento empresarial. A través de un estudio de 168 empresas en la ciudad de Bogotá, se realizaron diferentes análisis de regresión de acuerdo con el modelo de investigación propuesto para estimar los efectos de las variables determinadas. Se evidencia que las empresas con mayor uso de TI presentan un mayor grado de actividad internacional. Asimismo, el estudio estableció un modelo que demuestra la relación directa entre el uso de TI y las tecnologías de la industria 4.0 con el rendimiento empresarial. Para el análisis estadístico se ha utilizado el software R studio.
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