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Title: | Small steps for the big hit: A dynamic capabilities perspective on business networks and non-disruptive digital technologies in SMEs |
Authors: | Soluk, J Decker-Lange, C Hack, A |
Keywords: | digital transformation;digital technology adoption;non-disruptive digital technologies;digital innovation;SMEs;dynamic capabilities;business networks |
Issue Date: | 29-Mar-2023 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Soluk, J., Decker-Lange, C. and Hack, A. (2023) 'Small steps for the big hit: A dynamic capabilities perspective on business networks and non-disruptive digital technologies in SMEs', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 191, 122490, pp. 1 - 27. doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122490. |
Abstract: | Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). This study explores how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) build on business networks to develop dynamic capabilities that ultimately foster the adoption of non-disruptive digital technologies (DT). Multiple mediation analysis is used to test this relationship, drawing on cross-industry secondary data from 1470 British SMEs. The results reveal that SMEs rely on business networks to support non-disruptive DT adoption. This relationship is mediated by the parallel effects of three dynamic capabilities (HR, strategic planning, and marketing capabilities). However, the results do not hold for each domain-specific dynamic capability. The mediating effect is particularly driven by marketing capabilities, while HR capabilities negatively affect DT adoption. These findings highlight the underlying mechanisms by which SMEs can enhance their adoption of non-disruptive DT in their daily operations and processes, which have the potential to strengthen their value proposition. |
Description: | Data availability: Data will be made available on request. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/26432 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122490 |
ISSN: | 0040-1625 |
Other Identifiers: | ORCID iD: Carolin Decker-Lange https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6669-9673 122490 |
Appears in Collections: | Brunel Business School Research Papers |
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