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JOEBM 2025 Vol.13(1): 71-80
DOI: 10.18178/joebm.2025.13.1.848

Digital Transformation, R&D Internationalization, and Corporate Innovation Quality

Shanna Wu, Xi Xiong*, and Qingqing Li
College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Email: wushanna@nuaa.edu.cn (S.N.W.); xiongxi@nuaa.edu.cn (X.X.); Qingqingli@nuaa.edu (Q.Q.L.)
*Corresponding author

Manuscript received July 19, 2024; revised August 2, 2024; accepted August 21, 2024; published February 20, 2025.

Abstract—Digital transformation thoroughly dredges the access channels of international innovation networks and facilitates the global transfer of enterprises’ R&D activities. However, there is limited research focusing on the relevance of digital transformation toward R&D internationalization, especially exploring the possible role of R&D internationalization as an enabling mechanism for businesses to participate in high-quality innovation activities under digital circumstances. Drawing on the empirical dataset of Chinese A-share-listed manufacturing enterprises in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2012 to 2021, this study develops a mediating and multiple mediating effect model to examine how digital transformation increases the level of corporate innovation quality. The findings verify the promoting effect of digital transformation on corporate innovation quality. It is also observed that this positive impact of digitalization is more prominent in non-SOEs, enterprises that face lesser financial constraints, and those obtaining fewer government subsidies. Further investigation confirms that R&D internationalization, innovation resource, and power boundary mediate the relationship between digital transformation and corporate innovation quality. The discoveries provide an opportunity to extend R&D internationalization towards explanations of corporate high-quality innovation in the digital environment.

Keywords—digital transformation, Innovation quality, R&D internationalization, a mediating and multiple mediating effect model

Cite: Shanna Wu, Xi Xiong, and Qingqing Li, "Digital Transformation, R&D Internationalization, and Corporate Innovation Quality," Journal of Economics, Business and Management, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 71-80, 2025.

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