Buyer behavior · Mediation analysis

IT Capability, Organisational Learning and Innovation Performance of Firms in Kenya

Journal of the Knowledge Economy · 2022

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Summary

IT capability had a significant association with innovation performance; exploratory learning mainly mediated the relationship while enabling exploitation of existing knowledge.

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Possible founder application

Pair IT investment with customer/market learning routines, not just internal knowledge reuse.

Reported result

What the study found

IT capability had a significant association with innovation performance; exploratory learning mainly mediated the relationship while enabling exploitation of existing knowledge.

Research question

What the authors investigated

How does the study’s stated design explain its reported outcome in this setting?

Design

Mediation analysis

Sample and setting

481 firms from World Bank Enterprise Survey 2013 and Innovation Follow-up Survey 2014, Kenya

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

Kenya survey and observational mediation design; measures and timing limit causal inference.

Research sources

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Study strength

3.5/5 Abstract-level evidence is useful for framing questions; verify full methods before transfer.

How this was assessed

The 1–5 evidence-check score is a practical reading aid, not a formal peer review or a probability that a conclusion is true. It combines design strength (2 points), sample reporting (1), comparison/control clarity (1), and how much of the paper could be checked (1). Access affects how confidently this directory can assess a study, not the study's underlying quality. Blinding is reported separately because it is not relevant to every design.

Design transparency · 2/2

Based on the reported study design in the retrieved source.

Sample and setting · 1/1

The sample context is stated; a numerical count is preserved only when reported.

Outcome clarity · 1/1

The finding is summarized from publisher or article metadata.

Access for checking · 0.5/1

Only abstract or bibliographic access was confirmed.

Double-blind? The retrieved publisher record does not establish whether participants or outcome assessors were blinded.

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