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A Study of the Influence Mechanism of Digital Technology Affordance on the Disruptive Innovation of Enterprises

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  • Haibing Liu

    (School of Management, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, China
    Hubei Industrial Policy and Management Research Center, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430080, China
    Research Center for Total Innovation, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430080, China)

  • Wei Ruan

    (School of Management, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, China
    Hubei Industrial Policy and Management Research Center, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430080, China)

  • Tianwei Huang

    (School of Management, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, China
    Institute of Management Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, China)

  • Hong Zhang

    (School of Management, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, China
    Hubei Industrial Policy and Management Research Center, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430080, China)

Abstract

In the context of increasingly fierce global competition, utilizing digital technology to realize disruptive innovation is an effective way for enterprises to gain access to the mainstream market and form long-term competitive advantages. From the perspective of affordance, this study classifies digital technology affordance into cumulative affordance and variant affordance and explores the influence mechanism of digital technology affordance on enterprise disruptive innovation according to three core innovation phases: “fuzzy front-end–development–commercialization”. Based on 241 data points from different industries and types of enterprises, this empirical study found that (1) cumulative affordance and variant affordance have a significant positive impact on disruptive innovation and its “fuzzy front-end—development—commercialization” phases; (2) dynamic capabilities play a mediating role between digital technology affordance and disruptive innovation; and (3) the three aspects of dynamic capabilities—sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring—are greatly enhanced by cumulative affordance and variable affordance. These findings contribute to the research on the relationship between digital technology affordance and disruptive innovation and provide a micro-level perspective on how firms realize disruptive innovation through digital technology affordance.

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  • Haibing Liu & Wei Ruan & Tianwei Huang & Hong Zhang, 2024. "A Study of the Influence Mechanism of Digital Technology Affordance on the Disruptive Innovation of Enterprises," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(19), pages 1-22, October.
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