Abstract:Based on the theory of innovation diffusion and a two-stage questionnaire survey, 323 Chinese enterprises were selected to investigate the influence mechanism of senior management team cognitive ability on EBMI. The results of hierarchical regression showed that :(1) the cognitive ability of senior team had a significant positive effect on EBMI; (2) External knowledge search played a completely mediating role between cognitive ability and EBMI; (3) Big data management skill moderates the relationship between cognitive ability of senior management team and external knowledge search. The higher the level of big data management skill, the stronger the positive relationship between cognitive ability of senior management team and external knowledge search. (4) Big data management skill moderates the mediating effect of external knowledge search on the cognitive ability and EBMI of senior management team, namely, the higher the big data management skill, the stronger the indirect relationship between external knowledge search and the cognitive ability of senior management team. The conclusion of this study verified the promotion effect of cognitive ability of senior management team on EBMI, expanded the existing research results of antecedent variables of EBMI, and provided theoretical guidance for enterprises to carry out EBMI activities.