Management innovation, digital capacity and enterprise innovation performance

IF 4.1 3区管理学 Q2 BUSINESS

Management Decision Pub Date : 2024-06-04 DOI:10.1108/md-09-2023-1647

Ruida Li, Ling Yuan, Zhuoying Jiang

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Abstract

Purpose

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are key players in economic activities. Yet little research focuses on their management innovation’s effect on innovation performance, this paper explores the impact of three sub-dimensions of management innovation (new organizational structure, new processes and new practices) on innovation performance (innovation outcome performance and innovation process performance) of SMEs in the manufacturing industry. It elucidates the mediating role of external knowledge search (search depth and search breadth) and identifies the moderating effect of digital capability.

Design/methodology/approach

By collecting primary data through a questionnaire survey, this paper employs Mplus and SPSS to analyze data.

Findings

This paper finds that management innovation positively affects innovation performance, with a greater impact on innovation outcome performance. Search breadth partially mediates the relationship between new organizational structure and innovation performance. Digital capability positively moderates the positive relationship between management innovation and external knowledge search.

Originality/value

The theoretical contribution of this study is to supplement the research on the consequences of management innovation and to improve the theoretical relationship between management innovation and external knowledge search based on firm behavior theory.

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管理创新、数字化能力和企业创新绩效

目的中小型企业（SMEs）是经济活动的主要参与者。本文探讨了管理创新的三个子维度（新组织结构、新流程和新实践）对制造业中小企业创新绩效（创新结果绩效和创新过程绩效）的影响。本文阐明了外部知识搜索（搜索深度和搜索广度）的中介作用，并确定了数字化能力的调节作用。本文通过问卷调查收集原始数据，并采用 Mplus 和 SPSS 对数据进行分析，发现管理创新对创新绩效有积极影响，对创新结果绩效的影响更大。搜索广度部分调节了新组织结构与创新绩效之间的关系。数字化能力正向调节了管理创新与外部知识搜索之间的正向关系。原创性/价值本研究的理论贡献在于补充了关于管理创新后果的研究，完善了基于企业行为理论的管理创新与外部知识搜索之间的理论关系。

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Management Decision Multiple-

CiteScore

8.20

自引率

8.70%

发文量

126

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