Digital platform capability and innovation ambidexterity: The mediating role of strategic flexibility

Yu Li, Yuxi Chen, Junhe Wang, Yun Zhou and Chengqi Wang

Journal of Business Research, 2025, vol. 186, issue C

Abstract: Despite growing research recognising the role of digital capability in enabling innovation strategy and outcomes, we know little about how firms can effectively adapt to shifts in innovation paradigms caused by digitalisation by leveraging digital platform capability to attain innovation ambidexterity. Drawing on dynamic capability theory (DCT), this study explores the influence of firms’ digital platform capability on innovation ambidexterity by analysing a sample of 312 Chinese manufacturing firms. We find that digital platform capability has a positive effect on innovation ambidexterity via the mediating role of strategic flexibility. Market turbulence positively moderates the relationship between digital platform capability and strategic flexibility. These findings enhance our understanding of the mechanisms by which digital platform capability influences innovation ambidexterity.

Keywords: Digital platform capability; Strategic flexibility; Innovation ambidexterity; Market turbulence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114971

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