Digital Capabilities as Mediators: Fostering Managerial and Sustainable Capabilities among Digital Users and Providers

Due to the degree of exposure to activities carried out through digital channels, digital transformation is no longer an avoidable option for companies. However, being exposed to an eminently digital environment does not automatically make companies able to embrace the benefits of digitalisation....

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Main Authors: Miguel Pérez-Valls, T. Bartosz Kalinowski, Pawel Glodek, Belén Payán-Sánchez, Adrian Solomon
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Published: Editura ASE 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3371.pdf
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author Miguel Pérez-Valls
T. Bartosz Kalinowski
Pawel Glodek
Belén Payán-Sánchez
Adrian Solomon
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description Due to the degree of exposure to activities carried out through digital channels, digital transformation is no longer an avoidable option for companies. However, being exposed to an eminently digital environment does not automatically make companies able to embrace the benefits of digitalisation. Therefore, it is vital to explore the mechanisms that enable companies to transform their digital transformation efforts and activities into results. That is, what are the capabilities that enable firms, depending on their degree of digitalisation (being either digital users or digital providers), to achieve effective value generation and value appropriation? The analysis of a sample of 204 companies belonging to four European countries was performed on a causal competence model using PLS-SEM to answer the research questions. Results show that digital enterprises are “greener” only if the business model includes sustainability and that only for digital users is the degree of being a digital company positively related to managerial and sustainable capabilities. Similarly, we found an indirect, positive effect between being digital and having managerial and sustainable capabilities through the mediation of digital capabilities, especially for digital providers, exposing the complementarity of these capabilities
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spelling doaj-art-fe1c231f6e40433abf7ae318fe9430c82025-08-20T03:34:37ZengEditura ASEAmfiteatru Economic1582-91462247-91042024-11-0126No. Special 181270 129110.24818/EA/2024/S18/1270 Digital Capabilities as Mediators: Fostering Managerial and Sustainable Capabilities among Digital Users and ProvidersMiguel Pérez-Valls0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5009-4242 T. Bartosz Kalinowski1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6713-9574Pawel Glodek2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1863-5277 Belén Payán-Sánchez 3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-9841Adrian Solomon4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7084-1444University of Almería, Almería, SpainUniversity of Lodz, Łódź, PolandUniversity of Lodz, Łódź, PolandUniversity of Almería, Almería, SpainCITY College, University of York Europe Campus, Thessaloniki, GreeceDue to the degree of exposure to activities carried out through digital channels, digital transformation is no longer an avoidable option for companies. However, being exposed to an eminently digital environment does not automatically make companies able to embrace the benefits of digitalisation. Therefore, it is vital to explore the mechanisms that enable companies to transform their digital transformation efforts and activities into results. That is, what are the capabilities that enable firms, depending on their degree of digitalisation (being either digital users or digital providers), to achieve effective value generation and value appropriation? The analysis of a sample of 204 companies belonging to four European countries was performed on a causal competence model using PLS-SEM to answer the research questions. Results show that digital enterprises are “greener” only if the business model includes sustainability and that only for digital users is the degree of being a digital company positively related to managerial and sustainable capabilities. Similarly, we found an indirect, positive effect between being digital and having managerial and sustainable capabilities through the mediation of digital capabilities, especially for digital providers, exposing the complementarity of these capabilitieshttps://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3371.pdfdigital providersdigital usersdigital capabilitiesmanagerial capabilitiessustainable capabilitiesmediation effect
spellingShingle Miguel Pérez-Valls
T. Bartosz Kalinowski
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Digital Capabilities as Mediators: Fostering Managerial and Sustainable Capabilities among Digital Users and Providers
Amfiteatru Economic
digital providers
digital users
digital capabilities
managerial capabilities
sustainable capabilities
mediation effect
title Digital Capabilities as Mediators: Fostering Managerial and Sustainable Capabilities among Digital Users and Providers
title_full Digital Capabilities as Mediators: Fostering Managerial and Sustainable Capabilities among Digital Users and Providers
title_fullStr Digital Capabilities as Mediators: Fostering Managerial and Sustainable Capabilities among Digital Users and Providers
title_full_unstemmed Digital Capabilities as Mediators: Fostering Managerial and Sustainable Capabilities among Digital Users and Providers
title_short Digital Capabilities as Mediators: Fostering Managerial and Sustainable Capabilities among Digital Users and Providers
title_sort digital capabilities as mediators fostering managerial and sustainable capabilities among digital users and providers
topic digital providers
digital users
digital capabilities
managerial capabilities
sustainable capabilities
mediation effect
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