This paper is based on the Dynamic Capabilities Theory (DCT) and explores in depth how lighthouse factories enhance corporate performance through the dynamic capabilities of utilizing technology and data resources. The study focuses on how lighthouse factories, during their digital transformation, perceive market changes, seize technological opportunities, and restructure resources to maintain competitive advantages. By employing grounded theory methods to conduct a qualitative analysis of the annual reports of 79 lighthouse factories, this paper reveals their dynamic capabilities in the identification and perception, integration and organization, and innovation and reconfiguration of resource elements, and investigates the impact of these capabilities on corporate financial performance, innovation performance, and sustainable competitive advantage. The findings show that lighthouse factories effectively promote corporate digital transformation and enhance sustainable competitive advantages by fully utilizing technology and data resources and emphasizing the identification and perception, as well as the integration and organization of resources. Future efforts should focus on the potential value of resource elements and continuously deepen innovation and reconfiguration to improve the efficiency of resource utilization.

Keyao Zhu, Siyan Du, Xinyou Yu, Ying Lv, Yuhan Si, Yuyao Qin. Research on the Path to Achieving Dynamic Capabilities in Lighthouse Factories to Enhance Corporate Performance. Academic Journal of Business & Management(2025), Vol. 7, Issue 4: 44-56. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJBM.2025.070406.

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