Managerial power and corporate productivity in the digital context: considering digital assets as new input types

Chinese Management Studies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 27, 2025

Purpose As China is on an inevitable march into the digital era, firms have accumulated abundant assets, such as algorithms and data. Facing possibility of using assets a new type input, besides traditional inputs capital labor, would powerful managers perform better? Would managerial power help increase efficiency how firm combines converts them outputs? Thus, purpose this study to investigate whether promotes corporate productivity by input. Design/methodology/approach Using data from listed Chinese between 2008 2020, authors constructed panel regressions with three-way fixed effects examine influences in current context, particularly under market uncertainty. Findings The findings reveal no consistent relationship productivity. results explain two contrasting effects: while technological change it hinders technical – components total Moreover, identifies uncertainty significant external contingency. In uncertain markets, strong positively impacts Originality/value extend extant theoretical insights literature might influence

Language: Английский

Knowledge Creation in SMEs in the Era of Industry 4.0: a Comparative Study of Pakistan and China

Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 8, 2024

Language: Английский