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Digital Transformation and Export Quality of Chinese Products: An Analysis based on Innovation Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity

Version 1 : Received: 6 February 2023 / Approved: 7 February 2023 / Online: 7 February 2023 (04:39:22 CET)

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Wang, F.; Ye, L. Digital Transformation and Export Quality of Chinese Products: An Analysis Based on Innovation Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity. Sustainability 2023, 15, 5395. Wang, F.; Ye, L. Digital Transformation and Export Quality of Chinese Products: An Analysis Based on Innovation Efficiency and Total Factor Productivity. Sustainability 2023, 15, 5395.

Abstract

In recent years, Chinese manufacturing enterprises compete to chase the wave of "digital revolution", digital empowerment has become an important strategic path of technological reform for many manufacturing enterprises. Based on the micro data of listed companies, this paper investigates the impact of digital transformation of Chinese listed companies on the quality of their export products. It is found that digital transformation can significantly improve the quality of enterprises' export products. After a series of robustness tests, this conclusion is still valid, and there are two ways to improve innovation performance and total factor productivity. The export product quality enhancement effect of enterprise digital transformation also has the heterogeneity of ownership, region and industry. In the further study, this paper also examines the impact of digital transformation on the internal salary gap of enterprises, and finds that digital transformation may increase the internal salary gap of enterprises, and form a "masking effect" on the quality of export products. To a certain extent, this paper deepens the understanding of the study of enterprise digital transformation on the quality of export products and its differences, and provides certain guidance for enterprises to implement the strategy of digital transformation.

Keywords

digital transformation; innovation performance; total factor productivity; quality improvement

Subject

Business, Economics and Management, Economics

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