Leveraging strategic network resources into firm performance: the roles of dynamic capabilities and platform monitoring
Abstract
Purpose
Drawing from the resource-based view (RBV), this study aims to develop a parsimonious model in the context of digital platforms that links strategic network resources (SNR) and firm performance through considering dynamic capabilities (DC) as important mediating mechanisms. In addition, we also investigate how platform monitoring shapes the relationship between SNR and DC.
Design/methodology/approach
This study uses the survey data from 162 firms in eastern China.
Findings
The findings indicate that both two DC dimensions (i.e., sensing and reconfiguring) significantly mediate the relationship of SNR-performance. Moreover, platform monitoring positively moderates the relationship of SNR and sensing as well as SNR and reconfiguring.
Originality/value
With these findings, this study advances SNR and digital platform research and provides insights into how to transform SNR into superior performance through DC.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: This study was supported by (1) National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 72072168), (2) Provincial Quality Project of Anhui Higher Education Institution (Grant No. 2022jyxm1838), and (3) National Social Science Fund Major Project (Grant No. 22&ZD094).
Citation
Sheng, L., Wu, J. and Gu, J. (2024), "Leveraging strategic network resources into firm performance: the roles of dynamic capabilities and platform monitoring", Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-08-2023-0458
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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