• 中国科学学与科技政策研究会
  • 中国科学院科技政策与管理科学研究所
  • 清华大学科学技术与社会研究中心
ISSN 1003-2053 CN 11-1805/G3

科学学研究 ›› 2022, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (6): 1054-1062.

• 科技管理与知识管理 • 上一篇    下一篇

企业数字化转型:“随行就市”还是“入乡随俗”? ———基于制度理论和认知理论的决策过程研究

陈玉娇1,宋铁波2,黄键斌1   

  1. 1. 华南理工大学
    2. 华南理工大学工商管理学院
  • 收稿日期:2021-05-29 修回日期:2021-07-07 出版日期:2022-06-15 发布日期:2022-06-15
  • 通讯作者: 宋铁波

Digital Transformation of Enterprises: Is The Company Following Peers in The Same Industry?Or in The Same Area?——Research on Decision Process Based on Institutional Theory

  • Received:2021-05-29 Revised:2021-07-07 Online:2022-06-15 Published:2022-06-15

摘要: 核心产业的数字化培育、地区数字经济新基建,是地方政府刺激企业数字化转型的两种手段。基于“行业/地区制度环境——管理者认知——企业数字化转型”这一逻辑,探讨企业数字化转型的制度前因及认知过程。借助双向固定效应回归模型和机器学习的量化文本分析法,研究发现:第一,产业数字化显著促进企业数字化转型,但地区数字经济的促进作用未得到验证。表明企业数字化转型更多的是“随行就市”(迎合行业制度)而不是“入乡随俗”(迎合地区制度)。第二,地区数字经济正向调节产业数字化与企业数字化转型的关系,也即是地区数字经济起到助推作用。第三,决策者数字化注意力在“制度环境——企业决策”中起到正向传导的中介作用。研究探讨了不同的制度压力是否及如何影响企业数字化转型,为政府数字化建设的政策方向调整,以及企业决策者的认知管理提供了参考建议

Abstract: Promoting the digital transformation of several core industries, and building local digital infrastructure are two means for local governments to stimulate the digital transformation of enterprises. Is the company following peers in the same industry for digital transformation? or following peers in the same area? Answering this question is a test of the effectiveness of the two methods. Based on institutional theory, this paper discussed the legal constraints and isomorphic effects of the institutional pressures, these are, industrial digitalization and regional digital economy on the digital transformation of enterprises, as well as the interactive effects of the two. To gain insight into the cognitive process mechanism of the cross-level transmission from macro-institutional pressure to micro-enterprises, this paper explored the mediating role of decision-makers' digital attention in the relationship between institutional environment and corporate strategy, which based on cognitive theory, and quantitative text analysis method. We found that enterprises follow peers in the same industry, rather than peers in the same area, and the regional digital economy only plays a boosting role. The digital attention of executives plays a positive intermediary role in the relationship between institutional environment and corporate strategy. This article expands the theoretical perspective of the previous research on digital transformation, and gains insight into the differential mechanism of the logic in different fields, and the interactive influence of different logic. In addition, this paper introduces the quantitative text analysis method of machine learning into the measurement of manager's cognition, which open up the black box of cognitive process that the macro-institutional environment influences organizational strategy. This research has inspiring significance for the adjustment of government policy, and the cognitive management of corporate decision-makers.