Nowadays digitalization has played an increasingly important role in firms’ manufacturing operations. However, the performance outcomes of a firm’s digital transformation practices are still debated. There is also a lack of quantitative research that analyzes their associations using large...

Nowadays digitalization has played an increasingly important role in firms’ manufacturing operations. However, the performance outcomes of a firm’s digital transformation practices are still debated. There is also a lack of quantitative research that analyzes their associations using large...

While the use of industrial robots (UIR) promotes economic growth, it inevitably has an impact on the ecological environment. This paper explores the relationship between UIR and ecological footprint based on the data of 72 countries from 1993 to 2019. First, we confirmed that UIR can reduce the...