Akademik Məlumat İdarəetmə Sistemi
SUSTAINABILITY, vol.18, no.2, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
Based on survey data from 320 Azerbaijani enterprises operating across the organic product value chain-including producers, sellers, and key supporting firms such as logistics, financial, and ICT service providers-this study investigates how digital platform capability influences firms' innovation and performance outcomes and their perceived high-quality economic development within an emerging digital economy context. Four constructs-Digital Platform Capability, Enterprise Digital Transformation, Innovation and Performance Outcomes, and Perceived High-Quality Economic Development-are measured using multi-item Likert scales. Confirmatory factor analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) are employed to test the proposed relationships. The results show that Digital Platform Capability exerts a strong positive effect on Innovation and Performance Outcomes (beta = 0.574) and on Perceived High-Quality Economic Development (beta = 0.512). In addition, Innovation and Performance Outcomes have a direct positive impact on Perceived High-Quality Economic Development (beta = 0.313). Mediation analysis further indicates that Enterprise Digital Transformation partially mediates this relationship, transmitting approximately 52% of the total effect of Innovation and Performance Outcomes on Perceived High-Quality Economic Development. These findings underscore digital transformation as a key structural mechanism through which firm-level innovation and performance contribute to broader perceptions of high-quality economic development. The study provides novel empirical evidence from Azerbaijan and offers practical implications for digital policy design and enterprise strategies aimed at promoting innovation-driven, inclusive, and sustainable growth.