The Impact of Digital Transformation on Innovation Capability in Manufacturing Enterprises: An Empirical Study Based on Structural Equation Modelling
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digital transformation; structural equation modelling; corporate innovation capability; innovation climate.Abstract
Amidst the global surge in digital economic development, advancing digital transformation has become pivotal to corporate innovation and growth. Building upon a review of existing literature, this study employs Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) to conduct reliability and validity testing, correlation analysis, regression analysis, and mediation effect testing on a sample dataset from manufacturing enterprises. It explores the influence mechanism of digital transformation on innovation capabilities within manufacturing firms and examines the mediating role of innovation climate between these two variables. Findings reveal that digital transformation exerts a direct positive effect on innovation capability, while also exerting an indirect positive influence through the mediating variable of innovation climate. These conclusions provide crucial evidence for managers to advance digital transformation strategies and enhance corporate innovation capability.
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