Organisational capabilities and the effectiveness of digital product innovations
https://doi.org/10.17747/2618-947X-2025-3-297-302
Abstract
This paper aims to analyse what specific high-level capabilities are considered by scholars to be the most important for the organisation to develop in order to facilitate innovation. Precisely, the paper explores what is the perceived effect of these capabilities on digital product innovation metrics ‘time-to-market’ and return on invested capital. The statistical method used in the research is PLS-SEM, with data gathered from middle and top management of Russian companies in different industries using a 5-point Likert-type questionnaire. The results showed a significant and relatively large effect of seizing and transformation capabilities on such metrics as time-to-market and return on investment, whereas the sensing capability only showed a considerable effect on the time-to-market metrics and a moderately small effect on the second metric.
About the Author
P. O. Semenov
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russia), BKS Company LLC (Moscow, Russia)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Post-graduate student, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russia); product owner, BCS World of Investments, BKS Company LLC (Moscow, Russia).
Research interests: strategic management, digital transformation, IT-products management.
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Semenov P.O. Organisational capabilities and the effectiveness of digital product innovations. Strategic decisions and risk management. 2025;16(3):297-302. https://doi.org/10.17747/2618-947X-2025-3-297-302
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