Strengthening digital collaboration to enhance social innovation capital: An analysis of Italian small innovative enterprises
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Purpose: The study aims to investigate whether and how digital transformation, in terms of digital collaboration, joint efforts with internal/external partners to achieve common goals and the adoption of digital tools supporting this practice, affect social innovation capital in the context of small innovative enterprises (SIEs). Design/methodology/approach: The research hypotheses derived from the analysis of the literature, evaluating how sharing resources, sharing intensity and digital patterns affect the collective capacity of SIEs to innovate, were investigated by applying multiple regression analysis. Data were retrieved from a sample of Italian SIEs through an online survey. Findings: The main findings suggest that the propensity to spread resources and the sharing intensity positively affect the collective capacity of SIEs to innovate. Also, the effect of resources sharing on collective innovation increases as more digital patterns are used as tools. The connection is weaker for the intensity of resources sharing. Research limitations/implications: The study is conducted on Italian SIEs, a particular cluster of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It would be interesting to compare and contrast the results of an analysis of a large sample of international companies, of different sizes and belonging to digital and non-digital sectors. Originality/value: The results enrich the existing literature on social innovation capital, by clarifying its competitive benefits on the characteristic context of the SIEs and underlining the mediating role of the digital patterns.
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“Organizations shift to digital transformation by genuinely changing how they operate and deliver their products/services by promoting digital cultures that flourish (Bresciani, Ferraris, Romano and Santoro, 2021; Chierici, Tortora, Del Giudice, and Quacquarelli, 2021).”
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“14 of collaboration and resource sharing has been highlighted by several studies (Crupi et al., 2020; Papa et al., 2020; Chierici et al., 2021; Del Giudice, 2021), arguing that there is a positive link between these sharing practices and innovation.”
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“The shift towards DT occurs as organizations fundamentally alter their operations, offer products and services, and foster a flourishing digital culture (Bresciani et al., 2021b; Chierici et al., 2021).”
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“…digitalize their supply chain processes, it requires the approval and gratification of the leaders who finance, promote, and drive various stakeholders to take action toward making the new technology-driven business processes more useful and applicable (Chierici et al. 2020; Nadkarni and Prügl 2021).”
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“Digital transformation is defined as “the process of exploiting digital technologies and supporting capabilities to create a robust new digital business model” (Chierici et al., 2020, p. 612).”
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“Chierici et al. (2020) found that the spread of resources and the sharing intensity contribute to the collective capacity of SMEs to innovate, indicated by the greater use of digital tools.”
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“…performance by virtue of digital transformation technology application and information integration and adjusting innovation strategies accordingly to accel-1 erate resource sharing within the organization, shorten innovation cycles, and reduce corporate innovation costs (Chierici et al., 2021).”
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“0 (Konno & Schillaci, 2021), which utilises a human-centred approach where the government and policymakers should give more relevance to the intellectual capital of human beings in developing new innovations (Dabic et al., 2020; Chierici et al., 2020; Orlando et al., 2020).”
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“Organizations adopt digital transformation by revolutionizing the way they deliver products and services through the introduction of a digital culture (Chierici et al. , 2021).”
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“Digital Collaboration (DC) was measured using three items (Chierici et al., 2021; Easley et al., 2003; Gopinathan et al., 2022; Saputra et al., 2021).”
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“quickly and accurately, which lowers transaction costs [57].”
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“effective ingredient to promote the implementation of DT (Chierici et al., 2021; Nambisan et al., 2019).”
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“Similarly, carrying out service activities that, by nature, have a low environmental impact does not induce strong solicitations from other actors in the competitive system, such as suppliers (Schleich and Gruber, 2008; Chierici et al., 2021).”
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Supply chain capital and firm performance: the role of complementary capabilities
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“Studies indicate that the level of co-innova-tion rises with the adoption of digital tools and platforms, which enhances the ability to distribute and share resources, ultimately leading to a positive impact on collective innovation capacity (Chierici et al., 2020).”
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Does Digitalization Strategy Affect Corporate Rent-Seeking? Evidence from Chinese-Listed Firms
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“Collaboration and knowledge sharing among individuals, companies, and organizations play a crucial role in enhancing firms’ digital innovation capabilities through DS [72].”
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“…job autonomy is typically regarded as a positive resource that enhances resilience, satisfaction, and engagement (Maisonneuve et al. 2025; Olivo et al. 2025), while technology collaboration can function as a resource that facilitates innovation and knowledge sharing (Chierici et al. 2021).”
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“Chierici et al. 13 further expanded this observation, emphasizing that small innovative enterprises are often constrained in their use of digital solutions due to limited resources and insufficient integration of technologies into internal processes.”
Optimizing MSME Business Networks Through Innovation and Digital Platforms for Competitive Advantage
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“…private perspectives on social products, services, models, markets and processes (Notarnicola, Berloto, and Perobelli 2022) involving multiple stakeholders whose aim is to solve societal issues (Chierici et al. 2020; Cornet and Barpanda 2021; Dionisio and de Vargas 2022; Ozdemir and Gupta 2021).”
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“This indicates that business actors who share information tend to increase market information accessibility (Chierici, Tortora, Del Giudice, & Quacquarelli, 2020).”
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“In turn, the greater the use of digital information technology, the more resources the enterprise can share, allowing for optimal allocation of resources within the enterprise [8].”
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“For firms that prioritize R&D, this will increase firm risk (Chierici et al., 2020).”
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“This is supported by findings Chierici et al. (2020), that digital technology has the potential to improve business performance.”
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“Chierici et al. (2021) further highlight that digital collaboration supports mutual learning and collective identity, which often extends into offline relationships.”
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“Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have become indispensable to the social reproduction process, a prerequisite for the successful socio-economic evolution of societies and for elevating production efficiencies (Chierici et al., 2020).”
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“Finally, cooperation concerns the collaboration between enterprises around a common project and a way to overcome the lack of resources (Chierici & Tortora, 2021), in addition, this strategy allows economies of scale and innovation.”
Background
- Authors
- Chierici, R., Tortora, D., Del Giudice, M., & Quacquarelli, B.
- Affiliations
- University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Chierici, Roberto
- Venue
- Journal of Intellectual Capital
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 2020-12-08
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 610-632
- ISSN
- 1469-1930 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3112418613
- Cited by
- 85
- References
- 138
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 9
- FWCI
- 9.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Intellectual Capital (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Business Strategy and Innovation
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis
- Keywords
- online collaboration, small innovative enterprises, digital transformation, resource sharing, digital patterns, collective innovation, small and medium-sized enterprises, Italian SMEs
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