A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
Google Big Data Trend Index Analysis of Industry 4.0 Technologies: Technology and Key Concept Trends of Global Landscape in 2004–2021
Authors: Kaivo-oja Jari, Santonen Teemu, Lauraéus Theresa, Knudsen Mikkel Stein
Editors: Lorna Uden, I-Hsien Ting, Birgit Feldmann
Conference name: International Conference on Knowledge Management in Organizations
Publishing place: Cham
Publication year: 2022
Journal: Communications in Computer and Information Science
Book title : Knowledge Management in Organisations: 16th International Conference, KMO 2022, Hagen, Germany, July 11–14, 2022, Proceedings
Series title: Communications in Computer and Information Science
Number in series: 1593
First page : 193
Last page: 206
ISBN: 978-3-031-07919-1
eISBN: 978-3-031-07920-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07920-7_15
Web address : https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-07920-7_15
In this article, we analyse Google trends of Industry 4.0 technologies and key concepts. This study provides global landscape analysis of Industry 4.0 technologies and two key concepts, digital transformation and business transformation in years 2004–2021. The study reports key trends of Google Trends database. To understand (1) the importance of key technology trends and (2) interactions of key Industry 4.0 trends, empirical Big Data study reports correlation analysis and ranking analyses of Industry 4.0 technologies for years 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2021. The study covers nine technology domains of Industry 4.0 technologies: Big Data and AI analytics, Horizontal and Vertical Integration, Cloud computing, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR-VR), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), (6) Additive manufacturing/3D/4D printing, Robotics, Autonomous robots or/and collaborative robots, Simulation/digital twins, Cybersecurity and Blockchain technology.