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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 3 Conceptual model covering inhibitors of development and deployment of IoT applications

From: Empirical study on innovation motivators and inhibitors of Internet of Things applications for industrial manufacturing enterprises

Inhibitor ID

Organisational inhibitor

 o1

Lack of clear digital operations vision/strategy

 o2

Unsuitable organisational structure or missing key functional areas

 o3

Lack of leadership from top management

 o4

Lack of digital culture and training

 o5

Lack of in-house expertise or skills

 o6

Lack of capabilities in data analytics

 o7

Lack of integration between physical product development and software development

 oNA

Not applicable

Inhibitor ID

Business inhibitor

 b1

Insufficient information to predict demand and revenues, resulting in high uncertainty

 b2

Weak value proposition of IoT applications and resulting low customer demand

 b3

Difficulty in identifying market opportunities

 b4

Insufficient information to predict costs or required investment

 b5

Issues related to monetisation under current business model

 b6

Issues related to collaboration with suppliers or partners on digital solutions

 b7

Issues related to choosing level of vertical integration for IoT applications

 bNA

Not applicable

Inhibitor ID

Technological inhibitor

 t1

Availability of basic infrastructure technologies

 t2

Difficulties related to selecting enabling technologies to realise IoT applications

 t3

Difficulties related to interoperability with internal or external systems

 t4

Need for standardised identification and addressing protocols

 t5

Internet scalability to handle increase in traffic and requests

 t6

Issues related to physical product design measures to prevent unauthorised data access

 t7

Issues related to software measures to prevent unauthorised data access

 t8

Insufficient tools to manage user authentication process

 t9

Difficulties related to integration of digital components into physical product

 t10

Access to tools and database to handle big data

 tNA

Not applicable

Inhibitor ID

Industrial inhibitor

 i1

Undefined regulations and laws around customer privacy and data collection

 i2

Undefined regulations and laws around the use and sharing of data

 i3

Lack of comprehensive and widely accepted service intermediaries

 i4

Lack of certification to improve trust among customers and industry participants

 i5

Potential loss of intellectual property

 iNA

Not applicable