We draw on the attention-based view of the firm to examine whether and when the presence of a CIO in the TMT has a positive effect on both firms’ ideated digital innovation (IDI) (i.e., the intensity of firms’ digital patenting activity) and commercialized digital innovation (CDI) (i.e., the digital sophistication of firms’ new products). Building on the idea that attention processes are context dependent, we also explore the moderating roles of CEO characteristics (IT background and role tenure) as well as environmental characteristics (the industry’s IT attention). We analyze data from a cross-industry panel of U.S. S&P 500 firms over eight years that includes up to 2,852 firm-year observations. The results indicate that CIO presence in the TMT is positively related to a firm’s IDI and CDI. Furthermore, they show that the organizational context related to CEO characteristics moderates the CIO-CDI relationship and that the environmental context related to the industry’s IT attention moderates the CIO-IDI relationship. Our research contributes to the information systems literature by providing robust evidence that CIO presence in the TMT positively influences a firm’s digital innovation outcomes, showing how internal and external boundary conditions affect the work of CIOs, and elaborating the role of managerial attention as an underlying mechanism explaining digital innovation.

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关注数字创新：探索首席信息官在高层管理团队中的影响

我们利用公司基于注意力的观点来研究 CIO 在 TMT 中的存在是否以及何时对两家公司的创意数字创新 (IDI)（即公司数字专利活动的强度）产生积极影响商业化数字创新（CDI）（即公司新产品的数字化复杂程度）。基于注意力过程依赖于环境的观点，我们还探讨了 CEO 特征（IT 背景和角色任期）以及环境特征（行业的 IT 注意力）的调节作用。我们分析了美国标准普尔 500 强公司跨行业小组八年来的数据，其中包括多达 2,852 个公司年度观察结果。结果表明，CIO 在 TMT 中的存在与公司的 IDI 和 CDI 呈正相关。此外，他们还表明，与 CEO 特征相关的组织环境调节了 CIO-CDI 关系，而与行业 IT 关注相关的环境环境调节了 CIO-IDI 关系。我们的研究为信息系统文献做出了贡献，提供了强有力的证据，证明 CIO 在 TMT 中的存在对公司的数字创新成果产生积极影响，展示了内部和外部边界条件如何影响 CIO 的工作，并阐述了管理层注意力作为基本机制的作用解释数字创新。