Digital Transformation, Technology Innovation, and‎Organizational Resilience in Manufacturing Firms: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies

Authors

  • Ye-Gen Ouyang

    Department of Management and Economics, Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Jingdezhen, China

  • En-Wei Cao

    Department of Management and Economics, Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Jingdezhen, China

How to Cite

Ouyang, Y.-G., & Cao, E.-W. . (2025). Digital Transformation, Technology Innovation, and‎Organizational Resilience in Manufacturing Firms: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies. International Journal of Accounting and Economics Studies, 12(4), 8-20. https://doi.org/10.14419/76c2d951

Received date: July 14, 2025

Accepted date: July 26, 2025

Published date: August 1, 2025

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14419/76c2d951

Keywords:

Digital Transformation; Organizational Resilience; Manufacturing Enterprises; Chinese Economy

Abstract

Based on the panel data of 1,154 listed manufacturing companies in China from 2013 to 2023, this study studies the impact of digital ‎transformation in China's manufacturing industry on the organizational resilience of enterprises and further reveals the mediating effect of ‎technological innovation and the moderating effect of supply chain concentration. The study found that the digital transformation of enterprises ‎has a significant effect on improving organizational resilience, technological innovation plays a partial mediating role between digital ‎transformation and organizational resilience, and supply chain concentration has a moderating effect. Heterogeneity analysis shows that the role ‎of digital transformation in promoting organizational resilience is more significant in non-state-owned enterprises and small-scale enterprises. ‎This study provides an evidence-based framework for listed manufacturing companies, which is conducive to guiding management actions and ‎policy-making in these companies.

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Ouyang, Y.-G., & Cao, E.-W. . (2025). Digital Transformation, Technology Innovation, and‎Organizational Resilience in Manufacturing Firms: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies. International Journal of Accounting and Economics Studies, 12(4), 8-20. https://doi.org/10.14419/76c2d951

Received date: July 14, 2025

Accepted date: July 26, 2025

Published date: August 1, 2025