Digital transformation and firm performance in innovative SMEs: The mediating role of business model innovation

This study investigates the consequences of digital transformation (DT) over performance in the case of innovative Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). SMEs represent a heterogeneous kind of company in terms of capabilities. By focusing on their innovative character as a boundary condition, we increase our understanding of this relationship. We further research the mediating role of business model innovation (BMI) in the relationship between DT and performance. A sample of 434 innovative Spanish SMEs is used to test the research model through Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). We find that BMI partially mediates the positive relationship between DT and performance. This…

• MD
  Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades

  Awards: PGC2018-097981-B-I00, PID2021-127882NA-I00
• FE
  Federación Española de Enfermedades Raras
• MD
  Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
• BD
  Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat