Author(s)

YuChong Hu¹, AoYang Ma², QiYuan Li^1*

Affiliation(s)

¹ International Business College, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China.

² School of Business Administration, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China.

Corresponding Author

QiYuan Li

ABSTRACT

Will the information of digital transformation diffuse upstream through the supply chain to promote technological spillover and corporate learning and innovation? This study selects data of the A-share listed corporates in China from 2008 to 2020 of the top five customer and supplier relationships of listed corporates. Through text analysis methods, the level of corporate digital transformation is depicted to examine the impact mechanism of customer corporates' digital-driven upstream corporate learning and innovation. The research reveals that the digital transformation of customer corporates has a promoting effect on the patent citations of supplier corporates. At the same time, when there is a connection between customer and supplier corporates through common directors, the impact of customer corporate digital transformation on supplier corporate patent citations is more significant. Further research finds that when the supplier corporate has higher total factor productivity and a greater number of highly educated talents, the impact of customer corporate digital transformation on supplier corporate patent citations is more pronounced. This study provides micro-level evidence for exploring the diffusion effects of supply chain information and corporate digital transformation, offering important insights for the innovation and development of corporates.

KEYWORDS

Digital transformation; Supply chain; Patent citation

CITE THIS PAPER

YuChong Hu, AoYang Ma, QiYuan Li. Digital transformation and patent citation: based on the perspective of co-director. World Journal of Management Science. 2024, 2(2): 1-14. DOI: 10.61784/wmsv2n261.

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