Customer behavior and adoption · Full-text open-access quantitative empirical study
Innovation challenges of digital transformation: Transitioning legacy to the future
Ololade A. Shonubi (2025). Sustainable Futures.
Plain-English take
Emerging-technology integration was positively related to organizational, process and product/service innovation across both continents; African enterprises showed stronger process-innovation adaptability despite infrastructure limits; gender differences affected product/service-innovation perceptions. For a founder, use this as a question to test in your own context, not a universal playbook.
How much weight to give this
3/5 Exploratory evidence; interpret cautiously
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Research question
What the authors investigated
How does emerging-technology integration relate to organizational, process and product/service innovation as organizations transition from legacy systems?
Design
Quantitative manager survey across Asian and African contexts; structural equation modeling; tests regional and gender differences.
Sample and setting
Managers from enterprises across Asian and African contexts; accessible abstract does not report sample size.
Reported result
What the study found
Emerging-technology integration was positively related to organizational, process and product/service innovation across both continents; African enterprises showed stronger process-innovation adaptability despite infrastructure limits; gender differences affected product/service-innovation perceptions.
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Scope and transfer
Limitations to keep in view
The accessible abstract does not state sample size or detailed limitations; manager perceptions and cross-sectional regional comparisons limit causal inference.
Possible founder application
Treat this as evidence for the specific customer behavior and adoption question studied. Compare the setting and sample to your company before changing a growth decision; use a local experiment where the paper does not match your context.
Evidence access
Full text retrieved from publisher or linked open repository
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