Configuration analysis of factors influencing digital transformation of the time-honored enterprises:evidence from China
Abstract The digital transformation of time-honored enterprises is influenced by multiple factors, and research on their configurational effects holds significant importance for these enterprises to adapt to the digital transformation landscape. Based on the TOE theoretical framework, this study exa...
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| description | Abstract The digital transformation of time-honored enterprises is influenced by multiple factors, and research on their configurational effects holds significant importance for these enterprises to adapt to the digital transformation landscape. Based on the TOE theoretical framework, this study examines 40 Chinese time-honored enterprises and employs the fsQCA method to explore the diverse pathways for their digital transformation. The findings reveal: ①No single factor alone constitutes a necessary condition for the digital transformation of time-honored enterprises; instead, it is jointly influenced by multiple conditional variables, including technology management, investment in digital technology, digital attention allocation, corporate financial security, traditional cultural, and regional digitization. ②The configurational pathways for digital transformation in time-honored enterprises can be categorized into four types: The Attention-Financial Dual-Driven Model, The Management-Attention Synergy Type, The Investment-Culture Dual-Core Driven Type, and The Region-Technology Synergy Type. This research expands the theoretical scope of the TOE framework and provides a scientific decision-making basis for the digital transformation of time-honored enterprises. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9f26cf12c43648b2aed59d3ea111b8082025-08-24T11:51:25ZengSpringerManagement System Engineering2731-58432025-08-014111310.1007/s44176-025-00049-yConfiguration analysis of factors influencing digital transformation of the time-honored enterprises:evidence from ChinaJinhua He0Bingbing Xue1Fan Chen2College of Tourism, Hunan Normal UniversityCollege of Tourism, Hunan Normal UniversitySchool of Economics and Management, Anhui Jianzhu UniversityAbstract The digital transformation of time-honored enterprises is influenced by multiple factors, and research on their configurational effects holds significant importance for these enterprises to adapt to the digital transformation landscape. Based on the TOE theoretical framework, this study examines 40 Chinese time-honored enterprises and employs the fsQCA method to explore the diverse pathways for their digital transformation. The findings reveal: ①No single factor alone constitutes a necessary condition for the digital transformation of time-honored enterprises; instead, it is jointly influenced by multiple conditional variables, including technology management, investment in digital technology, digital attention allocation, corporate financial security, traditional cultural, and regional digitization. ②The configurational pathways for digital transformation in time-honored enterprises can be categorized into four types: The Attention-Financial Dual-Driven Model, The Management-Attention Synergy Type, The Investment-Culture Dual-Core Driven Type, and The Region-Technology Synergy Type. This research expands the theoretical scope of the TOE framework and provides a scientific decision-making basis for the digital transformation of time-honored enterprises.https://doi.org/10.1007/s44176-025-00049-yThe Time-honored enterprisesDigital transformationTOE modelConfiguration effectsFuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis |
| spellingShingle | Jinhua He Bingbing Xue Fan Chen Configuration analysis of factors influencing digital transformation of the time-honored enterprises:evidence from China Management System Engineering The Time-honored enterprises Digital transformation TOE model Configuration effects Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis |
| title | Configuration analysis of factors influencing digital transformation of the time-honored enterprises:evidence from China |
| title_full | Configuration analysis of factors influencing digital transformation of the time-honored enterprises:evidence from China |
| title_fullStr | Configuration analysis of factors influencing digital transformation of the time-honored enterprises:evidence from China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Configuration analysis of factors influencing digital transformation of the time-honored enterprises:evidence from China |
| title_short | Configuration analysis of factors influencing digital transformation of the time-honored enterprises:evidence from China |
| title_sort | configuration analysis of factors influencing digital transformation of the time honored enterprises evidence from china |
| topic | The Time-honored enterprises Digital transformation TOE model Configuration effects Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/s44176-025-00049-y |
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