Platforms · Quantitative survey with mediation analysis

Linking Digital Capacity to Innovation Performance: the Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity

Journal of the Knowledge Economy · 2022

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Summary

Digital capacity positively related to innovation performance, with a stronger indirect effect through absorptive capacity.

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Possible founder application

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Reported result

What the study found

Digital capacity positively related to innovation performance, with a stronger indirect effect through absorptive capacity.

Research question

What the authors investigated

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

Design

Quantitative survey with mediation analysis

Sample and setting

Survey of 1,014 Greek manufacturing firms

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

Manufacturing-only Greek context; cross-sectional survey.

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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