School of Business Administration, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Taiyuan 030006, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 19;20(3):1840. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20031840.
Under the background of increasingly prominent environmental problems, the establishment and application of digital information management systems established by the digital economy have brought new opportunities and challenges to the green transformation of manufacturing enterprises. Considering the micro level of Chinese manufacturing enterprises, does the adoption of information management systems really promote the improvement of the green transformation level of manufacturing enterprises? This paper takes the adoption of digital information management systems by China's enterprises as a "quasi natural" experiment and uses the Difference-in-Difference and Propensity Score Matching model (PSM-DID) to explore its impact on the green transformation of manufacturing enterprises and its mechanism. The study found that the adoption of digital information management systems by enterprises significantly improved the green transformation level of manufacturing enterprises, especially the symbolic green transformation level, and had no significant positive effect on the substantive green transformation level. The mechanism analysis shows that manufacturing enterprises can achieve green transformation by adopting information management systems to improve the digital level, strengthen green innovation ability, and increase the redundant resources of enterprises. The heterogeneity analysis based on the internal governance and external environment of enterprises shows that the adoption of digital information management systems by manufacturing enterprises has significantly improved the green transformation level of non-state-owned enterprises, enterprises with high corporate governance, non-heavily polluting enterprises, and enterprises in the eastern region. The research conclusion enriches the research related to digitalization and green transformation of enterprises and has important inspiration for Chinese manufacturing enterprises to use digitalization capabilities to seek green sustainable development under the wave of digital economy development.
在环境问题日益突出的背景下，数字经济所建立的数字信息管理系统的建立和应用，给制造业企业的绿色转型带来了新的机遇和挑战。从中国制造业企业的微观层面考虑，信息管理系统的采用是否真的促进了制造业企业绿色转型水平的提高？本文以中国企业采用数字信息管理系统为“准自然”实验，利用双重差分法和倾向得分匹配法（PSM-DID）探讨了其对制造业企业绿色转型的影响及其作用机制。研究发现，企业采用数字信息管理系统显著提高了制造业企业的绿色转型水平，特别是象征性的绿色转型水平，对实质性的绿色转型水平没有显著的正向影响。机制分析表明，企业可以通过采用信息管理系统来提高数字化水平、增强绿色创新能力和增加企业的冗余资源来实现绿色转型。基于企业内部治理和外部环境的异质性分析表明，制造业企业采用数字信息管理系统显著提高了非国有企业、公司治理水平高、污染程度低的企业和东部地区企业的绿色转型水平。研究结论丰富了与企业数字化和绿色转型相关的研究，对中国制造业企业在数字经济发展浪潮下利用数字化能力寻求绿色可持续发展具有重要启示。
