School of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China.
PLoS One. 2023 Mar 17;18(3):e0283249. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283249. eCollection 2023.
Based on empirical analysis of Chinese listed companies from 2010 to 2018, we demonstrate that enterprise digital transformation has a significant impact on improving capacity utilization. Digital transformation is a significant driving force behind enterprise-specific production and innovation. Furthermore, enterprise innovation and enterprise-specialized production play a mediating role in the impact of enterprise digital transformation on capacity utilization. Based on these baseline findings, heterogenous analysis reveals that the impact of digital transformation on capacity utilization is significant for firms with larger capital scales or poor governance and manufacturing abilities. However, it is less important for enterprises with small- and medium-sized capital scales or with more standardized governance, as well as non-manufacturing (service) enterprises.
基于 2010 年至 2018 年中国上市公司的实证分析，我们证明了企业数字化转型对提高产能利用率具有显著影响。数字化转型是企业特定生产和创新的重要推动力。此外，企业创新和企业专业化生产在企业数字化转型对产能利用率的影响中发挥了中介作用。基于这些基本发现，异质分析表明，数字化转型对产能利用率的影响对于资本规模较大或治理和制造能力较差的企业来说是显著的。然而，对于资本规模较小或治理更加规范、以及非制造业（服务）企业来说，这种影响则不那么重要。
