How does digital platform capability affect digital innovation? Evidence from manufacturing SMEs in China

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Technological Forecasting and Social Change Pub Date : 2025-09-05 DOI:10.1016/j.techfore.2025.124338

Zhou Huiping , Zan Ao

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Abstract

Despite growing attention to investigating the mechanisms of digital platform capability in improving economic outcomes, existing research has failed to understand whether and how digital platform capability affects digital innovation in manufacturing SMEs. Based on resource orchestration theory and survey data from 211 Chinese manufacturing SMEs, our analysis results first show that there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between the two sub-dimensions of digital platform capability (namely, platform integration capability and platform reconfiguration capability) and digital innovation. The findings further reveal that organizational resilience mediates relationships between platform integration capability, platform reconfiguration capability and digital innovation. The empirical results also indicate that high levels of digital technology usage steepens the inverted U-shaped relationships between platform integration capability, platform reconfiguration capability and manufacturing SMEs' digital innovation. Additionally, digital technology usage strengthens the positive relationship between platform integration capability and organizational resilience, but it has no moderating effect on the relationship between platform reconfiguration capability and organizational resilience. This study contributes to clarifying the ambiguous mechanism through which digital platform capability influences digital innovation, and provides practical guidance for manufacturing SMEs to boost digital innovation.

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数字平台能力如何影响数字创新？来自中国制造业中小企业的证据

尽管越来越多的研究关注数字平台能力改善经济成果的机制，但现有的研究未能理解数字平台能力是否以及如何影响制造业中小企业的数字创新。基于资源编排理论和211家中国制造业中小企业的调查数据，我们的分析结果首先表明，数字平台能力的两个子维度（即平台集成能力和平台重构能力）与数字创新之间存在倒u型关系。研究结果进一步表明，组织弹性在平台集成能力、平台重构能力和数字创新之间具有中介作用。实证结果还表明，高水平的数字技术使用加剧了平台集成能力、平台重构能力与制造业中小企业数字创新之间的倒u型关系。此外，数字技术的使用增强了平台集成能力与组织弹性之间的正相关关系，但对平台重构能力与组织弹性之间的关系没有调节作用。本研究有助于厘清数字平台能力影响数字创新的模糊机制，为制造业中小企业推进数字创新提供实践指导。

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