Mechanism of the Impact of Platform-Based Structure on the Generation of Dynamic Capabilities of Enterprises in the Digital Intelligence Era
In the digital intelligence era, a platform-based structure is considered the most adaptable organizational structure, while a dynamic capability is considered the fundamental capability required for enterprise development. However, the relationship between platform-based structure and dynamic capability remains unclear. Following the logic that structure determines capability, this paper takes Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd. As a case study to explore the mechanism of platform-based structure driving the generation of dynamic capabilities of enterprises.The conclusions are as follows. Firstly, the platform-based structure is the organizational foundation for the generation of dynamic capabilities of enterprises in the digital intelligence era. The platform-based structure is guided by the strategic framework of the headquarters, with a bottom-up autonomous decision-making system and a top-down empowerment system, jointly driving the generation of dynamic capabilities of enterprises. Secondly, the frontline team with decision-making autonomy can keenly perceive market opportunities, while the modular and standardized platform in the middle can quickly empower the frontline team to seize opportunities and restructure resources, thereby driving the generation of exploitative dynamic capabilities; When the existing platform cannot effectively empower the frontline team, the headquarters will integrate internal and external resources to build a new platform or empower the existing platform based on forward-looking analysis of market opportunity information, and then empower the frontline team through the platform to drive the generation of explorative dynamic capabilities. Thirdly, the ecological expansion of the platform-based structure provides organizational guarantees for the ecological expansion of dynamic capabilities. With the ecological expansion of the platform-based structure, frontline teams outside the enterprise can be embedded in the platform and empowered to perceive, seize, and exploit opportunities through the platform, thereby driving the expansion of exploitative dynamic capabilities to the ecological level. The headquarters combines its own advantages to build new platforms or optimize existing platforms for the ecological level, thereby empowering frontline teams and driving explorative dynamic capabilities to the ecological level.The implications are as follows. Building a platform-based structure is an organizational guarantee for traditional manufacturing enterprises to achieve digital transformation. Cultivating dynamic capabilities is a fundamental requirement for traditional manufacturing enterprises to enhance their adaptability. The matching of the platform-based structure and dynamic capabilities is a key link for traditional manufacturing enterprises to gain competitive advantages. Ecological expansion is an important strategic direction for the sustained growth of traditional manufacturing enterprises.This paper explores the mechanism by which platform-based structures affect the generation of exploitative and explorative dynamic capabilities in the digital intelligence era but does not explore the inherent evolutionary relationship between exploitative and explorative dynamic capabilities. It selects Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd., which has successfully transformed into a digital manufacturing industry, as the research object. However, there may be other forms of platform-based structure and generation mechanisms of dynamic capabilities in other industries or natural digital enterprises.
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