Managing inter-organizational dependencies operation for discovering digital business model innovation in corporate innovation ecosystem

Fei Zhou (), Na Zhang (), Xue Li (), Chunjia Han () and Brij B. Gupta ()
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Fei Zhou: Huaqiao University
Na Zhang: Huaqiao University
Xue Li: Huaqiao University
Chunjia Han: Birkbeck, University of London
Brij B. Gupta: Asia University

Operations Management Research, 2025, vol. 18, issue 2, No 8, 574-590

Abstract: Abstract The relevance of innovation ecosystems and digital technologies exerts pressures on the business operations management concerning inter-organizational collaboration and competition. Society pays great attention to digital business models while there is very little research bringing the fields of inter-organizational operations and digital business model innovation (BMI) together. To clarify how inter-organizational dependencies affect digital BMI in a corporate innovation ecosystem, this study conducted an empirical study of 210 companies from a corporate innovation ecosystem in China based on optimal distinctiveness theory. The results show that: (1) Joint dependence positively affects digital BMI, while asymmetry dependence negatively affects digital business model innovation; (2) Routine updating mediates the relationship between inter-organizational dependencies and digital BMI; (3) Cross-border management capabilities moderate the positive effect of routine updating on digital BMI. The study provides theoretical and practical guidelines for the management of inter-organizational dependencies operation between enterprises in the corporate innovation ecosystem.

Keywords: Inter-organizational dependencies; Corporate innovation ecosystem; Digital business models; Routine updating; Cross-border management capabilities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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