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A Study on the Configurational Fit of Digital Transformation for Enhancing Green Innovation Efficiency in Leading Manufacturing Enterprises

WU Wei-hong1, LI Xiang-yu1, LIU Ying2, HE Yun-jie1   

  1. 1. School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 102202, China;
    2. School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, China
  • Received:2025-09-12 Online:2025-11-05 Published:2025-12-09

Abstract: Based on the dynamic capability theory in the context of the digital economy and coupled with the fsQCA method, this study analyzes the relationship between digital transformation and green innovation efficiency with data from 102 manufacturing enterprises. The research finds that: (1) None of the antecedent conditions constitute a necessary condition for high green innovation efficiency, yet leadership-driven digital transformation plays a universal role in enhancing green innovation efficiency. (2) Two configurational fits of enterprise digital transformation can lead to high green innovation efficiency: the internal incentive-driven type, with leadership digital transformation and human resource digital transformation as core conditions, and the external perception-driven type, with business scenario digital transformation, strategic digital transformation, and leadership-driven digital transformation as core conditions. (3) Among the five digital transformation configurations leading to non-high green innovation efficiency, the absence of even one core condition results in failure to achieve high green innovation efficiency, further verifying that improving green innovation efficiency requires the synergistic effect of multidimensional digital transformations.Enterprises should emphasize cultivating managerial traits such as digital agility, digital transformation awareness, and digital strategic perception among management during the digital transformation process. Enterprises should prioritize diversifying the functional backgrounds of board members, optimize board composition, and develop more inclusive digital strategic decisions. Enterprises should rationally analyze the reasons for the failure of digital empowerment in green innovation and avoid simplistically attributing failure causes as success factors.

Key words: green innovation, enterprise digital transformation, dynamic capabilities, fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA)

CLC Number:  F273.1;F426
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