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How Does Digital Transformation Drive Integrated Innovation in Enterprises?An Analysis Based on the Mediating Effects of R&D Manipulation and Resource Flexibility
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Qingpeng Wang1, Liping Li1, 2, Jin Chen3, 4, Sheng Ma1, Xinxin Xu1
Journal of Technology Economics | 2026, 45(6) : 99 - 113
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Journal of Technology Economics | 2026, 45(6): 99-113
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How Does Digital Transformation Drive Integrated Innovation in Enterprises?An Analysis Based on the Mediating Effects of R&D Manipulation and Resource Flexibility
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Qingpeng Wang1, Liping Li1, 2, Jin Chen3, 4, Sheng Ma1, Xinxin Xu1
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  • 1.Business School of Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
  • 2.Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle (Luzhou) Advanced Technology Research Institute, Luzhou 646000, China
  • 3.School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 4.Research Center for Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Published: 2026-06-25 doi: 10.12404/j.issn.1002-980X.J25122101
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How digital transformation can effectively promote integrated innovation across the upstream, midstream, and downstream segments of industrial chains has become an important issue in the cultivation of new quality productive forces. Based on dynamic capability theory, Chinese A-share listed firms in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2000 to 2023 were selected as the research sample. The impact mechanism and boundary conditions of digital transformation on corporate integrated innovation were systematically examined. The results show that the relationship between digital transformation and corporate integrated innovation is not simply linear. A significant inverted U-shaped relationship is found. This indicates that a moderate level of digital investment can significantly promote corporate integrated innovation. However, when digital transformation is promoted excessively, its marginal promoting effect gradually weakens. The conclusion remains valid after a series of robustness tests, including endogeneity treatment, replacement of core variables, and adjustment of the sample period. The moderating effect analysis further shows that economic policy uncertainty and market concentration negatively moderate this inverted U-shaped relationship. The mechanism test further indicates that digital transformation promotes integrated innovation mainly by reducing corporate R&D manipulation and improving resource flexibility. New theoretical explanations are provided for understanding the formation logic of corporate integrated innovation in the digital era. Practical references are also offered for enterprises to scientifically promote digital transformation, optimize innovation ecosystems, and enhance value co-creation capability during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.

digital transformation  /  integrated innovation  /  R&D manipulation  /  resource flexibility  /  economic policy uncertainty  /  market concentration
王庆鹏, 李丽萍, 陈劲, 马胜, 许欣欣. 数字化转型如何驱动企业融通创新?——基于研发操纵与资源柔性的中介效应分析. 技术经济, 2026 , 45 (6) : 99 -113 . DOI: 10.12404/j.issn.1002-980X.J25122101
Qingpeng Wang, Liping Li, Jin Chen, Sheng Ma, Xinxin Xu. How Does Digital Transformation Drive Integrated Innovation in Enterprises?An Analysis Based on the Mediating Effects of R&D Manipulation and Resource Flexibility[J]. Journal of Technology Economics, 2026 , 45 (6) : 99 -113 . DOI: 10.12404/j.issn.1002-980X.J25122101
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doi: 10.12404/j.issn.1002-980X.J25122101
  • Receive Date:2025-12-21
  • Online Date:2026-10-28
  • Published:2026-06-25
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    1.Business School of Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
    2.Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle (Luzhou) Advanced Technology Research Institute, Luzhou 646000, China
    3.School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
    4.Research Center for Technological Innovation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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