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Research on the Spillover Effect of Digital Governance Capability Innovation Among Enterprises in the Supply Chain
- 1 School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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Abstract
The development of the digital economy has injected new momentum into enterprise innovation. The digital governance capabilities of supply chain partners—such as customers—play a significant role in influencing suppliers' innovation decisions and their resulting outcomes, warranting close attention. This study employs text mining techniques to construct an index system for measuring corporate digital governance capabilities, and further investigates how customer firms' digital governance capabilities affect the innovation activities of supplier firms. The findings confirm the existence of a spillover effect in the supply chain: customers' digital governance capabilities significantly enhance the innovation performance of upstream supplier firms. Heterogeneity tests reveal that the impact is more pronounced when suppliers are state-owned or innovation-driven enterprises. These conclusions remain robust after addressing endogeneity issues using propensity score matching. By examining the source of innovation performance improvement from the customer enterprise perspective, this study provides important insights for supply chain firms aiming to leverage customers' digital governance capabilities as a developmental opportunity.
Keywords
supply chain, digital governance capability, spillover effect, text analysis
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He,L. (2025). Research on the Spillover Effect of Digital Governance Capability Innovation Among Enterprises in the Supply Chain. Journal of Applied Economics and Policy Studies,18(3),59-70.
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