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TY - JOUR
T1 - A motivation and ability perspective on engagement in emerging digital technologies
T2 - The case of Internet of Things solutions
AU - Ceipek, R
AU - Hautz, J
AU - Messeni Petruzzelli, Antonio
AU - De Massis, Alfredo
AU - Matzler, Kurt
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Long Range Planning. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Long Range Planning, 54, 5, 2021 DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2020.101991
PY - 2021/10/31
Y1 - 2021/10/31
N2 - In this study, we advance two mechanisms that lead firms to engage in emerging digital technologies, namely, the dominant coalition's motivation and its ability to deploy the resources needed to pursue such motivation. Building on the performance and strategic development, and on board capital literature streams, we construe prior economic performance as a proxy of the firm's motivation, and human and social board capital as proxies of the firm's ability, analyzing their effect on adding emerging digital technologies, such as Internet of Things solutions, to the firm's resource base. Longitudinal analyses on a panel of Fortune 500 manufacturing firms between 2002 and 2012 reveal that these mechanisms highlight two important aspects of firm influence that can shape its digital technology behavior, explaining the heterogeneity and variability in firms engaging in emerging digital technologies.
AB - In this study, we advance two mechanisms that lead firms to engage in emerging digital technologies, namely, the dominant coalition's motivation and its ability to deploy the resources needed to pursue such motivation. Building on the performance and strategic development, and on board capital literature streams, we construe prior economic performance as a proxy of the firm's motivation, and human and social board capital as proxies of the firm's ability, analyzing their effect on adding emerging digital technologies, such as Internet of Things solutions, to the firm's resource base. Longitudinal analyses on a panel of Fortune 500 manufacturing firms between 2002 and 2012 reveal that these mechanisms highlight two important aspects of firm influence that can shape its digital technology behavior, explaining the heterogeneity and variability in firms engaging in emerging digital technologies.
KW - Digitalization
KW - Emerging technology
KW - Internet of Things (IoT)
KW - Prior performance
KW - Board capital
U2 - 10.1016/j.lrp.2020.101991
DO - 10.1016/j.lrp.2020.101991
M3 - Journal article
VL - 54
JO - Long Range Planning
JF - Long Range Planning
SN - 0024-6301
IS - 5
M1 - 101991
ER -