...Shaobo Wei; Dabao Xu; Hua Liu Purpose Based on the knowledge-based view, this study investigates how firms' information technology (IT) capability broadens and deepens their knowledge base, which consequently improves digital innovation. By further drawing on the institutional theory perspective...

... as an indispensable ability for utilizing novel knowledge. Thus, this paper aims to test the role of knowledge search in open innovation and examine the mediating effect of absorptive capacity and the moderating effect of IT capability. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of 1,088 Chinese firms’ data...