Linking Digital Capacity to Innovation Performance: the Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity

Ioanna Kastelli, Petros Dimas, Dimitrios Stamopoulos, Άγγελος Τσακανίκας · 2022 · Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Summary. Digital technologies boost firm innovation, but their effectiveness depends on absorptive capacity—a firm's ability to acquire and use external knowledge. A survey of 1,014 Greek manufacturing firms shows digital capacity directly improves innovation performance, but this effect strengthens significantly when firms possess strong absorptive capacity. The findings suggest digital investment alone is insufficient; firms must also invest in R&D, training, and knowledge networks to maximize innovation gains.

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  title   = {Linking Digital Capacity to Innovation Performance: the Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity},
  author  = {Ioanna Kastelli and Petros Dimas and Dimitrios Stamopoulos and Άγγελος Τσακανίκας},
  journal = {Journal of the Knowledge Economy},
  year    = {2022},
  doi     = {10.1007/s13132-022-01092-w},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-022-01092-w}
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DOI

10.1007/s13132-022-01092-w

Countries

Greece

Regions

Europe

Categories

broadband-and-digital, innovation-theory, regional-innovation-systems, general-innovation

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2026-04-28