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Title How does digital transformation affect sustainable innovation performance? The pivotal roles of digital technology-business alignment and environmental uncertainty
ID_Doc 34660
Authors Lin, JB; Mao, MY
Title How does digital transformation affect sustainable innovation performance? The pivotal roles of digital technology-business alignment and environmental uncertainty
Year 2024
Published Sustainable Development, 32, 4
DOI 10.1002/sd.2830
Abstract Despite the importance of digital transformation in improving sustainable innovation performance, the mechanisms and boundary conditions through which digital transformation affects sustainable innovation performance is unclear. Using the lens of information technology-enabled organizational capabilities, this study develops a moderated mediation model based on new economic growth theory and information asymmetry theory to examine the impact of digital transformation on sustainable innovation performance. Using a sample of Chinese agriculture firms, our findings reveal that digital transformation positively affects sustainable innovation performance through digital technology-business alignment, and this indirect effect is stronger when environmental uncertainty is lower. Moreover, environmental uncertainty negatively moderates the relationship between digital transformation and digital technology-business alignment. Our theoretical explanations and empirical evidence provide insights into how digital transformation initiatives can be leveraged to improve sustainable innovation performance, thus making an important contribution to the related literature.
Author Keywords digital technology-business alignment; digital transformation; environmental uncertainty; sustainable development; sustainable innovation performance
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:001109128400001
WoS Category Development Studies; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Regional & Urban Planning
Research Area Development Studies; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Public Administration
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