Research on Pathways of How Digital Transformation Affects the Business Performance of MEEC Enterprises in Chengdu

作     者：Zhu Yurong Luo Ziling Zhu Yurong;Luo Ziling

作者机构：Sichuan Agricultural University 

出 版 物：《Contemporary Social Sciences》 (当代社会科学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2024年第9卷第1期

页      面：99-121页

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

基　　金：This paper is the stage-wise outcome of the young scholar project“Research on Mechanism for Deep Integration of Chengdu’s Digital Economy and the MEEC Industry”(Project No.2022C07) funded by Chengdu Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Office and the general project“Research on the Impact of Digital Transformation on Chengdu’s MEEC Enterprises”(Project No.SXHY2023008) funded by the Chengdu Research Center for Integration into Dual-Circulation Development Pattern and the Sichuan Research Center for Integration into Dual-Circulation Development Pattern 

主　　题：MEEC enterprises business performance fsQCA digital transformation 

摘      要：This paper aims to examine the impact of digital transformations on the business performance of the meetings,expositions,events,and conventions(MEEC)industry in Chengdu by conducting an empirical analysis of 68 MEEC enterprises in the *** study employed the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis(fsQCA)method to explore the pathways and factors *** on the theory of synergetics,nine condition variables were carefully selected from four dimensions:digital technologies,digital strategy,digital infrastructure,and digital *** findings revealed that digital transformations were an intricate systematic process,whereby a single factor alone did not serve as a necessary condition for MEEC enterprises to achieve high business *** analysis identified five distinct pathways that would lead to high performance,which can be categorized into three distinct models:the“organization-human resourcesdominated model,the“human resources-infrastructuredriven model,and the multi-factor coordination *** analysis also identified two pathways that would result in low performance,categorized as the“basic condition absent***,there was substantial heterogeneity observed in the configurational pathways in terms of the magnitude of the impact of digital transformation on business performance across MEEC enterprises of different *** paper suggests that the government should assume the role of a platform,providing policy and financial support to MEEC enterprises to help guide them through the process of digital transformation and that MEEC enterprises themselves should seize the opportunities arising from digital transformation to strengthen their digital infrastructure construction,human resources development,and innovation in brand *** study presents empirical evidence that contributes to the understanding of the transformation process of MEEC enterprises within the digital economy era,as well as valuable insights into