How digital transformation structure affects corporate innovation? the role of organizational inertia and top management team’s digital educational background

How digital transformation structure affects corporate innovation? the role of organizational inertia and top management team’s digital educational background | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article How digital transformation structure affects corporate innovation? the role of organizational inertia and top management team’s digital educational background Xiaoya Yang, He Huang, He Zeng, Maowei Chen This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8118519/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract As digitalization has brought about a thorough technological paradigm revolution in manufacturing sectors, digital transformation (DT) is increasingly recognized as a hot issue. Focusing on DT’s structural dimension, this paper uses panel data of China’s A-share listed manufacturing spanning 2011 to 2023 and employs a two-way fixed-effect model to reveal a positive effect of digital transformation structure (DTS) on enterprise innovation performance. Interestingly, we also find that DTS enhances firm innovation by increasing organizational inertia. This finding challenges the traditional view, which regards organizational inertia as an obstacle to digitalization. Furthermore, the study concludes that the positive impact of DTS can be amplified by top management teams’ digital educational background. These insights make valuable contributions to the practice of digitalization in manufacturing companies and offer fresh perspectives for understanding organizational inertia and senior executives’ characteristics. Business and commerce/Information systems and information technology Social science/Science technology and society Digital transformation Corporate innovation Organizational inertia Top management team Educational background Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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