Growth Mechanisms of Platform-Dependent Digital Startups Leveraging Low-Code Data Integration Platforms Under the 15th Five-Year Plan: A Dual Perspective of Modular Networks and AI Narratives

Jingjing Hua; Jia Wang

doi:10.47297/wspdecWSP2515-797311.20261001

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Growth Mechanisms of Platform-Dependent Digital Startups Leveraging Low-Code Data Integration Platforms Under the 15th Five-Year Plan: A Dual Perspective of Modular Networks and AI Narratives

Volume 10, Issue 1

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Growth Mechanisms of Platform-Dependent Digital Startups Leveraging Low-Code Data Integration Platforms Under the 15th Five-Year Plan: A Dual Perspective of Modular Networks and AI Narratives
Growth Mechanisms of Platform-Dependent Digital Startups Leveraging Low-Code Data Integration Platforms Under the 15th Five-Year Plan: A Dual Perspective of Modular Networks and AI Narratives
Southwest University, Chongqing, 402406, China
Vol. 10, Issue 1, Pages: 48-55(2026)
Published：30 January 2026
DOI：10.47297/wspdecWSP2515-797311.20261001
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Hua Jingjing,Wang Jia.Growth Mechanisms of Platform-Dependent Digital Startups Leveraging Low-Code Data Integration Platforms Under the 15th Five-Year Plan: A Dual Perspective of Modular Networks and AI Narratives[J].Development Economics of China,2026,10(01):48-55.
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Hua Jingjing,Wang Jia.Growth Mechanisms of Platform-Dependent Digital Startups Leveraging Low-Code Data Integration Platforms Under the 15th Five-Year Plan: A Dual Perspective of Modular Networks and AI Narratives[J].Development Economics of China,2026,10(01):48-55. DOI： 10.47297/wspdecWSP2515-797311.20261001.

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Abstract

Against the policy backdrop of the 15th Five-Year Plan

which designates the digital economy as a core engine of economic growth

low-code data integration enabling platforms have become essential infrastructure for platform-dependent digital entrepreneurial ventures to surmount growth bottlenecks.Drawing on modular network theory and AI narrative theory

and based on optimal distinctiveness theory

this study explores the growth mechanism of such ventures. It examines the impacts of modular network embeddedness and AI narrative construction on firm growth performance

as well as the moderating roles of platform dependence and digital infrastructure level.The findings indicate an inverted U-shaped relationship between the depth of modular network embeddedness and firm growth performance

and a significant positive effect of AI narrative comprehensibility on growth performance

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. Platform dependence negatively moderates the relationship between modular network embeddedness and growth performance

while the digital infrastructure level positively moderates the relationship betw

een AI narrative comprehensibility and growth performance.This research enriches the theoretical understanding of the intersection between platform-dependent firm growth and digital entrepreneurship

and provides practical guidance for such ventures during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.

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