Research on the relationship between CEO career variety, digital knowledge base extension, and digital transformation in the context of digital merger and acquisition: The case of China’s new generation of information technology firms

• Hongyang Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hongyang Li, Xu Yang

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: lhy_heu@hrbeu.edu.cn

  Affiliation School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2278-3437

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• Xu Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hongyang Li, Xu Yang

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China

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• Mingming Meng

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

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