Existing studies show that corporate social capital could not only enable a firm to gain access to heterogeneous information and resources,but also facilitate the establishment of behavioral norms,communication modes,and mutual-trust platforms with its stakeholders in the social network.As a result,corporate social capital drives organizational change and has the potential to boost business model innovation.This study recognizes organizational learning as a mediating mechanism that transfers corporate social capital into business model innovation.Using survey data collected from 164 Chinese firms,we test the relationship between corporate social capital and business model innovation,as well as the mediating effect of organizational learning.Our findings clearly show the paths how corporate social capital flows through organizational learning efforts to business model innovation.