How can digitalisation help emerging marketing multinational companies improve innovation performance through international ambidexterity? Analysis of China’s healthcare industry

IF 5 3区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

European Journal of Innovation Management Pub Date : 2023-12-14 DOI:10.1108/ejim-07-2023-0590

Peng Xiao, Haiyan Zhang, Shimin Yin, Zhe Xia

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PurposeThis study aims to explore the role of international ambidexterity (IA) in improving the innovation capability of emerging market multinationals. In particular, the main purpose of this research is to study the relationship amongst digitalisation, IA and innovation performance (IP) amongst multinational enterprises in China’s healthcare industry.Design/methodology/approachThe data for this investigation were collected from 134 listed companies in China’s healthcare industry during the study period. This study tested the hypotheses by constructing a two-way fixed-effects model.FindingsThe results show that both the balance dimension and the combined dimension of IA have significant positive effects on IP. Digitalisation not only has a direct positive effect on IP but also positively moderates the positive correlation between IA and IP.Originality/valuePrevious studies have not captured the relationship between ambidexterity, digitalisation and IP, and this study helps to fill in the gap and examine these associations in China’s healthcare industry. The results of this study provide valuable insights for healthcare industry managers to understand the role of ambidexterity and digitalisation in innovation in the context of internationalisation.

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数字化如何帮助新兴市场跨国公司通过国际灵活性提高创新绩效？中国医疗保健行业分析

目的本研究旨在探讨国际灵活性（IA）在提高新兴市场跨国公司创新能力方面的作用。特别是，本研究的主要目的是研究中国医疗保健行业跨国企业的数字化、IA 和创新绩效（IP）之间的关系。设计/方法/途径本研究的数据收集自研究期间中国医疗保健行业的 134 家上市公司。研究结果表明，知识产权的平衡维度和综合维度对知识产权都有显著的正向影响。数字化不仅对知识产权有直接的正向影响，还能正向调节内审与知识产权之间的正相关性。原创性/价值以往的研究没有捕捉到灵活性、数字化与知识产权之间的关系，本研究有助于填补这一空白，并考察中国医疗行业的这些关联。本研究的结果为医疗保健行业管理者了解国际化背景下灵活性和数字化在创新中的作用提供了宝贵的见解。

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European Journal of Innovation Management Multiple-

CiteScore

10.40

自引率

17.60%

发文量

107

期刊介绍： The subject of innovation is receiving increased interest both from companies because of their increased awareness of the impact of innovation in determining market success and also from the research community. Academics are increasingly beginning to place innovation as a priority area in their research agenda. This impetus has been partly fuelled by the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) who have designated innovation as one of nine research areas in their research initiative schemes.