Dual Innovation Research Articles

Long-Term-Oriented Values, Governance Model Preferences, and Dual Innovation in Family Firms

A total of 217 questionnaires were used to empirically test the mechanism and effect of long-term orientation and governance mode preference on dual innovation in family firms. The data analysis shows that family firms' long-term orientation values have a positive effect on both contractual and relational governance modes, long-term orientation values have a significant positive effect on dual innovation, family firms' contractual and relational governance have an inverted U-shaped effect on dual innovation, and slack resources have a positive moderating effect on the relationship between family firms' long-term orientation values and exploratory innovation.

A Study on the Impact of Digital Transformation on Enterprise Performance: The Mediating Role of Dual Innovation and the Moderating Role of Management Power

Digital transformation and technological innovation have an essential impact on enterprise performance, and clarifying the relationship between the two has become a real problem that enterprise management needs to solve. This study utilizes data from China’s listed enterprises between 2012 and 2022 to comprehensively analyze the influence and mechanism of digital transformation on enterprise performance. The findings indicate the following: (1) Digital transformation can effectively promote improving enterprise performance and dual innovation levels. (2) Digital transformation positively impacts enterprise performance primarily through enhanced exploitative innovation, exploratory innovation, dual innovation balance, and complementarity. (3) Managerial power positively moderates the promotion effect of digital transformation on enterprise performance. (4) The impact of digital transformation on enterprise performance is more significant in the eastern and central regions, high-tech industries, and enterprises with good profitability. Based on these results, enterprises are suggested to accelerate digital transformation, fully tap the synergistic driving effect of dual innovation, strengthen the management’s cognition and leadership of digital transformation, and implement dynamic and differentiated digital transformation strategy based on region, industry, and their own characteristics.

The interplay of digital transformation, agility, environmental volatility, and innovation to spur enterprise performance: Evidence from Chinese electric vehicle firms

Given the rapid growth of China's electric vehicle (EV) industry, with sales expected to reach over 10 million units annually by 2025, there is an urgent need to understand how digital logistics, supply chain agility, and innovation can drive sustainable performance amidst increasing environmental volatility. This study utilises the dynamic capability theory and proposes a framework that examines the interplay between digital transformation, agility, dual innovation, environmental volatility, and enterprise performance. A survey was circulated among the managers working in the EV industry. We received 197 responses. The data was analysed using Smart PLS software using structural equation modelling (SEM). The findings reveal that digital transformation has significant positive relationships with enterprise performance, agile capability, and innovation capability. Additionally, agile and innovation capabilities have positive effects on enterprise performance. The study recommends investment in digital transformation programs and fostering an agile, innovative culture in the EV industry.

Does regional branding promote or inhibit dual innovation? An empirical study based on 298 agriculture-related enterprises in China

ABSTRACT This paper explores the impact of regional branding on the dual innovation of agriculture-related enterprises (AREs). Based on data from 298 Chinese AREs, the study constructs a mediated moderation model. The results indicate that, first, the regional branding of AREs enhances their political legitimacy and market legitimacy, which in turn promote their exploratory and exploitative innovation. Second, government support positively moderates the effect of regional branding on AREs’ exploitative innovation. Third, government support increases the impact of regional branding on the exploratory innovation of AREs with a low industry status relative to AREs with a high industry status. This paper expands the application of institutional theory and provides suggestions on corporate decision-making on regional branding and dual innovation.

Digital Economy, Green Dual Innovation and Carbon Emissions

The digital economy serves as a pivotal catalyst for sustainable and eco-friendly development. This study employs a suite of advanced econometric models, including the fixed effects, mediation, threshold and moderation model, to elucidate the intricate dynamics by which the digital economy influences carbon emissions through the lens of green innovation. Building on the existing research on digital economy, green technology innovation and carbon emissions, this paper takes a dual-innovation perspective and divides green technology innovation into disruptive green technology innovation and incremental green technology innovation. And from the government and the public level, it explores how social concerns affect the effect of digital economy on carbon emissions. The analysis is grounded in a comprehensive dataset encompassing a decade of provincial-level data from 2011 to 2021 across China’s 30 provinces. The benchmark regression outcomes indicate the digital economy’s ability to substantially cut down carbon emissions; the threshold effect and mediating effect models demonstrate that a single-threshold effect exists and that disruptive and progressive green technological innovations mediate such ability. Additional research reveals that the digital economy’s impact on carbon emissions could be positively moderated by public and governmental attention. Eastern and western regions in China, as well as those with high levels of foreign investment and low levels of technological transaction activity, are more affected by the digital economy in terms of carbon emission reduction. Our conclusions offer practical recommendations for digital economy’s coordinated advancement and carbon emissions mitigation, and guide local governments to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Corporate altruism, dual innovation and competitive advantage

This paper uses the questionnaire survey method and empirical analysis to analyze the impact of corporate altruism, dual innovation on competitive advantage, and the mediating role of dual innovation between corporate altruism and competitive advantage. The results show that corporate altruism has a significant positive effect on competitive advantage; altruism positively affects exploratory innovation; altruism positively affects utilization innovation; dual innovation significantly positively affects competitive advantage; and dual innovation has a significant mediating effect between corporate altruism and competitive advantage.

Leadership, knowledge dynamics and dual-path innovation: unravelling the synergy in Pakistan’s manufacturing sector

PurposeWith ambidextrous innovation (AI) gaining paramount importance in the manufacturing sectors of emerging markets, this research aim to explore how leadership and management support (LMS) amplify this type of innovation by leveraging knowledge sources (KS). The study further probes the knowledge management capability (KMC) as moderating effect between KS and AI.Design/methodology/approachUsing the convenient random sampling technique of a sample of 340 professionals within Pakistan’s manufacturing realm, data was collated via a structured questionnaire. The subsequent analysis harnessed the power of the variance-based partial least squares structural equation modelling approach.FindingsThis research underscores the pivotal role of LMS in elevating both facets of AI i.e. exploitative innovation (ERI) and exploratory innovation (ERT). KS emerge as a vital intermediary factor that bridges LMS with both types of innovation. Notably, the potency of KS in driving AI is significantly boosted by an organization’s KMC.Originality/valueThis study fills existing gaps in contemporary research by offering a nuanced perspective on how LMS enrich an organization’s dual innovation spectrum via KS. It sheds light on the symbiotic interplay of leadership, knowledge flows and innovation in Pakistan’s burgeoning manufacturing sector.

Digital transformation and enterprise dual innovation: Evidence from China's A-share listed companies

Digital transformation and enterprise dual innovation: Evidence from China's A-share listed companies

Listing Years and Dual Innovation: The Moderating Effect of Slack

As an important way to expand financing channels, the listing can significantly improve the enterprises’ comprehensive competitiveness. However, few studies pay attention to the continuous impact of listing years on enterprise innovation. Based on the sample data of Chinese enterprises before and after listing from 2004 to 2017, this paper discusses the relationship between the listing years and dual innovation. And analyzes the moderating effect of slack. The research shows that the listing years are related to the quantity and quality of innovation in the inverted U-shaped, but the inflection point of the innovation quantity is later than the innovation quality. Before listing, the innovation quantity and quality increased; after listing, the innovation quantity first increased and then decreased, while the innovation quality declined. High slack makes the inverted U-shaped relationship between the listing years and innovation quality steeper.

Research on Dual Innovation Development Mechanism of Digitally Enabled Manufacturing Enterprises

Digitalization is the key driving force in today's world to promote innovation and optimize the development of high performance, digital integration as well as high-quality development has long been the center of gravity of the development of manufacturing enterprises. With the continuous development of digital technology, digital empowerment of manufacturing enterprises dual innovation and development is facing important challenges, mainly manifested in the technical application of the landing is not strong, the lack of policy uncertainty and support, the scarcity of digital composite talents, digital empowerment of the manufacturing industry feedback response delays and other aspects. Based on this, this paper describes the internal mechanism of digital empowerment and dual innovation development, from the digital empowerment of manufacturing enterprises dual innovation development mechanism implementation strategy and the development of the mechanism of the effect of the evaluation system in two aspects, to explain the digital empowerment of how to promote dual innovation by enhancing the ability of the enterprise; based on the innovation behavior of the enterprise, explore the digital empowerment of manufacturing enterprises under the development of dual innovation path for the development of a more practical and feasible program. Based on the innovation behavior of enterprises, we explore the development path of dual innovation in manufacturing enterprises under digital empowerment, and develop more practical programs for enterprises.

Research on the impact of digital technology applications on firms' dual innovation in the digital economy context

In recent years, applications of digital technology have gradually become the primary driving force for enterprise innovation. Although the impact of digital technology applications on enterprise innovation has been recognized by the academic community, existing studies have failed to systematically reveal the mechanism of digital technology applications on firms' dual innovation, overlooking the data-driven dynamic characteristics of innovation development in the digital era, and neglecting external conditions such as environmental complexity. Therefore, based on dynamic capability theory and resource orchestration theory, this study adopts a “technology-economy” research paradigm to explore and analyze the impact of digital technology applications on dual innovation. It also analyzes the mediating role of data-driven dynamic capabilities and the moderating effect of environmental complexity. The article conducts an empirical test using microdata of Chinese Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listed firms from 2010 to 2021.The research results show that digital technology applications positively promote dual innovation of enterprises and exhibit certain heterogeneity. Data-driven dynamic capabilities play a mediating role in the relationship between digital technology applications and dual innovation. The study also tests the moderating effect of environmental complexity and finds that the higher environmental complexity in which the company operates, the stronger the facilitating effect of digital technology applications.

The mediating effect of BIM application on the link between organizational support and BIM user satisfaction

ABSTRACT Building information modeling (BIM) is considered to be the most promising technological innovation in the construction industry, and its widespread application is an inevitable trend. The satisfaction level of employees using BIM serves as a crucial indicator of the success of BIM implementation. Therefore, it is imperative to enhance users’ satisfaction. While some researchers have explored the impact of organizational support, there has been a dearth of in-depth studies on the specific mechanisms underlying its influence. Previous research has identified both emotional and instrumental dimensions of organizational support, however, the specific mechanisms through which these two forms of support affect BIM user satisfaction have not been thoroughly explored. This study investigates the effects of organizational support on BIM user satisfaction in construction companies and proposes the mediating role of exploitative and exploratory applications in their relationship from the perspective of dual innovation theory. Drawing data from 151 valid questionnaires, regression analysis is conducted to examine the relationship between organizational support and user satisfaction. Additionally, the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) is established to verify the mediating role of explorative and exploitive applications. The findings show that: (1) instrumental support and emotional support both increase BIM user satisfaction; (2) both exploitative and exploratory applications mediate the effect of emotional support on BIM user satisfaction; (3) only exploratory application mediates between instrumental support and BIM user satisfaction. These findings explain the mechanism through which organizational support influences BIM user satisfaction and offer insight for managers to improve the satisfaction level.

CEO intellectual capital, dual innovation and sustainable growth of small and medium-sized enterprises: evidence from China

PurposeThis paper examines the direct and indirect effects of CEO intellectual capital on sustainable growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China.Design/methodology/approachIt adopts a quantitative approach based on 3,474 unbalanced panel data in 836 Chinese listed SMEs from 2008 to 2017.FindingsThe findings reveal a significant positive relationship between CEO intellectual capital and sustainable growth of SMEs. The findings also reveal that dual innovation (exploitative innovation and exploratory innovation) has a partial mediating effect on the relationship.Practical implicationsIt further provides an original contribution to identifying and testing the mediating effect of dual innovation on the relationship between CEO intellectual capital and sustainable growth of SMEs.Originality/valueIn contrast to most of the extant literature, which considers intellectual capital as a whole at the organizational level or focuses on employee intellectual capital, this paper highlights the role of CEO intellectual capital for SMEs’ growth. It provides an original contribution to identifying and testing the mediating effect of dual innovation on the relationship between CEO intellectual capital and sustainable growth of SMEs.

Can Digital Transformation Promote Service Innovation Performance of Construction Enterprises? The Mediating Role of Dual Innovation

With the ongoing intensification of VUCA environment, enhancing service innovation performance has become a crucial choice for enterprises striving for sustainable development. The emergence of digital transformation offers construction enterprises an opportunity to bolster their service innovation performance. However, effectively leveraging digital transformation for this purpose remains a formidable challenge. Therefore, this study proposes a theoretical model from the perspective of Resource-Based View, named “Digital Transformation-Dual Innovation-Service Innovation Performance”, to explore the impact of digital transformation on the service innovation performance of construction enterprises. This model proposes the impact path of digital transformation on service innovation performance, as well as a mediating role of dual innovation in this relationship. A questionnaire was designed and administered in China for collecting 291 valid responses. An analysis revealed that digital transformation exerts a positive impact on both dual innovation and service innovation performance, with the former proving to be more significant. Furthermore, dual innovation not only significantly enhances service innovation performance but also serves as a partial mediator between digital transformation and service innovation performance. The findings of this research clarify the internal mechanism by which digital transformation empowers service innovation in construction enterprises, offering insights for enhancing service innovation performance and achieving sustainable development.

Emerging economy firm technological catch‐up through a dual innovation ecosystem framework

Research has identified two principal mechanisms for emerging economy (EE) firms to technologically catch up with advanced economy (AE) firms: absorbing knowledge spillovers from AE subsidiaries and internationalizing R&D into AEs. Prior technological catch‐up research has assumed EE firms are merely trailing their AE counterparts on the technological frontier when in fact the research on the bottom of the pyramid, as well as other research streams, have recognized that the different consumer demands in EEs and AEs drive different R&D activities in EEs and AEs. We submit that technological catch‐up requires both the upgrading of technological capabilities and the shifting of R&D activity from solving EE demand problems to solving AE demand problems. Utilizing patent data, we investigate the relative efficacy of AE knowledge spillovers and internationalizing R&D in AEs on technological catch‐up within a dual innovation ecosystem framework. We find that knowledge spillovers affect technological catch‐up through a process that initially decreases the technological capabilities of EE firms before increasing such capabilities as EE firms shift R&D activity towards the AE innovation ecosystem. However, we find that internationalizing R&D in AEs yields a significant positive effect on EE firms' technological capabilities and shifts their innovative activities towards solving AE demand problems.

The effect of entrepreneurship, dual innovation on firm growth performance under the digitalization perspective: Evidence from China

The effect of entrepreneurship, dual innovation on firm growth performance under the digitalization perspective: Evidence from China

Nirvana rebirth, the impact of dynamic absorptive capacity and resource bricolage on dual innovation, and on the interference of improvisation

Nirvana rebirth, the impact of dynamic absorptive capacity and resource bricolage on dual innovation, and on the interference of improvisation

Digital empowerment and firm performance: The mediating role of dual innovation

Digital empowerment and firm performance: The mediating role of dual innovation

Analysis of Teaching Capacity Building of College Teachers’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education under Comprehensive Multiple Fuzzy Evaluation System

Abstract How can we effectively promote and improve the quality of innovation and entrepreneurship education in colleges and universities? The key lies in enhancing the capacity of teachers to impart innovative entrepreneurial education. The article takes the requirements of innovation and entrepreneurship education and the connotation of teaching ability as the orientation and establishes the evaluation index system of dual innovation education teaching ability of college teachers by combining the CIPP model. The IAHP method and the improved CRITIC method, respectively, calculate the subjective and objective weights of each index in the index system, and then they introduce the game theory idea to amalgamate and assign weights to the index system Based on the gray fuzzy mathematical theory, a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model of the teaching ability of innovation and entrepreneurship education among college teachers was established. Using University Y as the research object, data analysis was carried out to determine the differences between teachers’ dual entrepreneurship teaching abilities, comprehensive evaluation, and the application effectiveness of the evaluation system. The maximum mean value for teachers’ innovative entrepreneurship education teaching ability is 4,085, and the minimum skewness coefficient is only −0.475, suggesting a trend towards correct skewness. Teachers’ mastery of dual-creation theory is proportionately weighted at 25.52%, and the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation score is 81.97, which is a good grade. The evaluation index system, combined with the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model, can help college teachers clarify the problems of dual-creation education, which is conducive to improving their dual-creation teaching ability.

Research on the Apprenticeship Mode of Integration of dual Innovation Education in Logistics Major under the Background of New Era

The purpose of this study is to explore the effective path of the integration of apprenticeship model in the background of the new era. At present, the traditional logistics professional education has some problems, such as the disconnection between theory and practice and the lack of innovation and entrepreneurship education, which cannot meet the demand for high-quality talents in the logistics industry. According to the research, the implementation of the apprenticeship model of the integration of entrepreneurship and innovation education for logistics majors in the new era is faced with many difficulties: the educational concept is far from the educational requirements of "entrepreneurship and innovation"; Innovation and entrepreneurship education and professional education cannot be effectively integrated; The curriculum construction of innovation and entrepreneurship education is incomplete and there is a serious shortage of teachers for "mass entrepreneurship and innovation" education. In this regard, this study puts forward targeted suggestions for improvement.