Fostering Product Innovation Through Digital Transformation and Absorptive Capacity

Alejandro Coronado-Medina, Jose Arias-Pérez and Geovanny Perdomo-Charry
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Alejandro Coronado-Medina: Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Jose Arias-Pérez: Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Geovanny Perdomo-Charry: #x2020;CEIPA Business School and University of Technology Sydney, Australia

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2020, vol. 17, issue 06, 1-23

Abstract: This paper analyzes the mediating effect of absorptive capacity (AC) on the relationship between digital transformation from e-business capabilities (EBC) perspective and product innovation (PI). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was carried out with the survey data from a sample of firms that belong mainly to highly digitalized sectors. The results indicate the existence of a full mediation, which means knowledge derived from the digital operation of the business can only result in PI if AC plays an intermediation role. Hence, this finding calls into question the idea that digitalization alone and automatically acts as a PI driver.

Keywords: Information technology; E-business; innovation management; absorptive capacity; digitalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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