Purpose

This paper aims to explore how digital capability incompatibility affects knowledge cooperation performance through the mediating effect of digital resilient agility and the moderating effect of project complexity in project network organizations (PNOs).

Design/methodology/approach

A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted with 207 middle and senior managers in PNOs. Based on validated questionnaire items and construct definitions, a dynamic panel regression was performed using 292 project-focused firms’ annual reports.

Findings

The results show that digital capability incompatibility facilitates knowledge cooperation performance by enhancing digital resilient agility in PNOs. Increased project complexity strengthens this relationship, promoting better knowledge cooperation performance.

Practical implications

Managers can use partner firms’ diverse digital knowledge to quickly develop technologies and tackle digital transformation challenges, thereby improving knowledge cooperation. They can also evaluate the project environment to manage digitally-supported cooperation effectively.

Originality/value

This research reveals how firms in PNOs transform digital capability incompatibility into knowledge cooperation performance through digital transformation efforts. This research extends the boundary of this relationship to project-level factors and proposes digital resilient agility as a digital transformation effort for knowledge cooperation in PNOs than previous research.

中文翻译：

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数字弹性敏捷性的作用：数字能力不兼容如何影响项目网络组织中的知识合作绩效

 目的

本文旨在探讨项目网络组织（PNO）中数字能力不兼容如何通过数字弹性敏捷性的中介作用和项目复杂性的调节作用影响知识合作绩效。

设计/方法论/途径

对207名PNO中高层管理人员进行了横断面问卷调查。根据经过验证的调查问卷项目和构建定义，使用 292 家以项目为重点的公司的年度报告进行了动态面板回归。

 发现

结果表明，数字能力不兼容通过增强 PNO 的数字弹性敏捷性来促进知识合作绩效。项目复杂性的增加加强了这种关系，促进更好的知识合作绩效。

 实际意义

管理者可以利用合作伙伴公司多样化的数字知识来快速开发技术并应对数字化转型挑战，从而改善知识合作。他们还可以评估项目环境，以有效管理数字支持的合作。

 原创性/价值

这项研究揭示了 PNO 中的企业如何通过数字化转型努力将数字能力不兼容转化为知识合作绩效。本研究将这种关系的边界扩展到项目层面的因素，并提出数字弹性敏捷性作为 PNO 中知识合作的数字化转型工作，而不是以前的研究。