Business School, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.
China Institute of Manufacturing Development, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Sep;30(43):97005-97024. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-29249-3. Epub 2023 Aug 16.
Environmental governance has emerged as a crucial tactic to support the sustainable development of human civilization in light of the serious environmental issues. Meanwhile, during the process of promoting the high-quality development of China's economy, digital transformation plays a significant role in improving the total factor productivity of the manufacturing sector. We seek to find out whether urban environmental governance has an impact on micro-enterprises, and therefore, the study selects the data of A-share listed manufacturing companies from 2012 to 2020 to study the effect of digital transformation on the total factor productivity of the manufacturing industry and how the effect of environmental governance affects the relationship between digital transformation and total factor productivity. The results unveil that digital transformation can significantly contribute to the total factor productivity of the manufacturing industry. At the same time, digital transformation can promote the high-quality development of enterprises by promoting the fulfillment of corporate social responsibility. Additionally, it is shown that poor environmental governance will weaken the promoting effect of digital transformation on total factor productivity. Furthermore, in state-owned companies and non-heavy polluting industries, environmental governance has a more significant moderating influence on digital transformation and total factor productivity. This study enriches the literature on urban environmental governance and micro-enterprise development, and they support the notion that, from the standpoints of environmental protection and economic development, the level of environmental governance should be continuously optimized and the development of ecological civilization should be strengthened.
鉴于严峻的环境问题，环境治理已成为支持人类文明可持续发展的关键策略。同时，在推动中国经济高质量发展的过程中，数字转型对于提高制造业全要素生产率起着重要作用。我们试图了解城市环境治理是否会对小微企业产生影响，因此，本研究选取了 2012 年至 2020 年 A 股制造业上市公司的数据，研究数字转型对制造业全要素生产率的影响，以及环境治理的效果如何影响数字转型和全要素生产率之间的关系。结果表明，数字转型可以显著促进制造业的全要素生产率。同时，数字转型可以通过促进企业履行社会责任来促进企业的高质量发展。此外，研究表明，环境治理不善会削弱数字转型对全要素生产率的促进作用。此外，在国有企业和非重污染行业，环境治理对数字转型和全要素生产率的调节作用更为显著。本研究丰富了城市环境治理和小微企业发展的文献，从环境保护和经济发展的角度支持了这样一种观点，即应不断优化环境治理水平，加强生态文明建设。
