Analysis of the Relationship Between IT and Industry 4.0 Technologies with Internationalization and Business Performance

The impact of information technologies (IT) on organizations has attracted the attention of professionals and academics in recent years. In this article, since Industry 4.0 technologies have not yet been implemented at the same level as general purpose information technologies, they are analyzed separately to understand their relationship with internationalization and business performance. Through a survey of 168 companies in the city of Bogota, Colombia, different regression analyses were performed according to a research model proposed to estimate the effects of the determined variables. It was evident that the companies with a greater use of IT present a higher degree of internationalization. Likewise, the proposed model demonstrates the direct relationship between the use of IT and Industry 4.0 technologies and business performance. The software R studio was used for statistical analysis.