Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2026, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (2): 49-61.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2026.02.006

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How Does Digital Capability Drive Digital Native Enterprises to Achieve Digital Product Innovation: From the Perspective of Data Value Realization

Lianju NING1, Qifang GAO1, Jingtao LIU2   

  1. 1.School of Economics and Management,Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications,Beijing 100876,China
    2.School of Economics and Management,Hefei Normal University,Hefei,238076,China
  • Received:2024-09-30 Online:2026-03-25 Published:2026-04-02

Abstract:

Data has emerged as a novel factor crucial for the innovative development of enterprises, presenting both new opportunities and challenges for digital product innovation. Drawing upon the data value chain and the theory of big data cooperation assets, relevant data from 322 digital-native enterprises were gathered regarding their digital product innovation initiatives in order to explore the pathways through which key data-related variables influence digital product innovation and to analyze the mediating effects in the realization of data value. The findings indicated that digital capability plays a driving role in enabling enterprises to effectively utilize the value of data elements for achieving digital product innovation. Moreover, the variables of data insight and data scenario-based application exert a chained mediating effect during the process by which digital capability drives digital product innovation. Through further analysis in accordance with the co-creative nature of digital product innovation, it was discovered that the interaction between enterprises and users, acting as a moderating variable, enhances the mediating effects of data insight and data scenario-based application. These findings not only contribute to the further development of the data value chain theory and the theory of big data cooperation assets but also provide theoretical guidance for the digital product innovation practices of digital-native enterprises.

Key words: digital capability, digital product innovation, data insight, data scenario-based application, enterprise-user interaction

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