Has China's low-carbon strategy pushed forward the digital transformation of manufacturing enterprises? Evidence from the low-carbon city pilot policy

S Zhao, L Zhang, H An, L Peng, H Zhou, F Hu - … Impact Assessment Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Whether a low-carbon strategy can force manufacturing enterprises to step up digital
transformation is essential to the decarbonization of cities. Using China's low-carbon city …

How does digital infrastructure construction affect low-carbon development? A multidimensional interpretation of evidence from China

J Hu, H Zhang, M Irfan - Journal of cleaner production, 2023 - Elsevier
Digital infrastructure construction and low-carbon development are two-wheeled engines for
sustainable growth; however, the causal identification of the two is not yet well known. This …

Enterprise pollution reduction through digital transformation? Evidence from Chinese manufacturing enterprises

S Zhao, L Zhang, L Peng, H Zhou, F Hu - Technology in Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Digital transformation provides new opportunities for the green development of enterprises.
Clarifying the impact and mechanism of digital transformation on enterprise pollution …

Digital economy development, corporate social responsibility and low‐carbon innovation

W Chen - Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The coordinated development of digitization and greening is the internal demand for the
comprehensive transformation and upgrading of enterprises worldwide. Based on data of …

Has enterprise digital transformation facilitated the carbon performance in Industry 4.0 era? Evidence from Chinese industrial enterprises

S Wang, R Zhang, Y Yang, J Chen, S Yang - Computers & Industrial …, 2023 - Elsevier
Continuing energy consumption is a major cause of global warming, and currently carbon
neutrality is increasingly becoming an important task for low-carbon development. Based on …

Does smart city policy improve corporate green technology innovation? Evidence from Chinese listed companies

C Guo, Y Wang, Y Hu, Y Wu, X Lai - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
As a new pattern of urbanization, smart cities offer a set of initiatives to achieve a win-win
situation for both environmental protection and economic development. This paper aims to …

ESG rating divergence and corporate green innovation

J Zhou, X Lei, J Yu - Business Strategy and the Environment, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study empirically examines whether and how ESG rating divergence affects corporate
green innovation. Using a sample of Chinese listed companies, we find that ESG rating …

How can digital economy development empower high-quality economic development?

W Chen, X Du, W Lan, W Wu… - … Development of Economy, 2023 - journals.vilniustech.lt
The role of the digital economy in economic transformation is increasingly prominent. This
paper empirically examines how the digital economy affects TFP and its mechanism using …

Fintech development, firm digitalization, and bank loan pricing

W Chen, W Wu, T Zhang - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2023 - Elsevier
Using loan-level data of Chinese listed companies from 2011 to 2018, this paper finds a
significant decrease in bank loan prices due to the regional development level of financial …

The cost of pollution in the digital era: Impediments of air pollution on enterprise digital transformation

W Wang, D Xiao, J Wang, H Wu - Energy Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
The negative externalities of air pollution constrain the transformation of the real economy.
Identifying the intrinsic association between air pollution and enterprise digital …