数字化转型、社会责任履行与企业技术创新绩效

Digital Transformation, Corporate Social Responsibility and Innovation Performance

企业在数字化转型中要兼顾社会责任履行才有可能获得持续竞争优势。文章以技术创新为切入点,考察了社会责任履行是否有利于企业数字化转型的价值创造。文章基于2011—2020年中国上市公司数据检验发现:社会责任履行有助于提升企业数字化转型的价值创造,即企业社会责任正向调节了“数字化转型—技术创新绩效”的关系,企业社会责任表现水平越高,数字化转型对企业技术创新绩效的促进作用越明显;企业社会责任的正向调节作用不仅体现在技术创新的数量上,也体现在技术创新的质量上;在研发密集度较高的行业,企业社会责任的正向调节作用更突出;在国有企业和非国有企业、东部和中西部地区,企业社会责任的正向调节作用均存在。文章有助于全面认识数字化转型与企业社会责任的关系,也为企业履行社会责任是否有益的研究争议提供了新的经验证据。

Firms must take into account corporate social responsibility(CSR)in the process of digital transformation in order to obtain competitive advantages.Based on a sample of Chinese listed companies from 2011 to 2020,this paper examines the impact of cor-porate social responsibility on the relationship between"digital transformation-innovation".We find that:CSR has a positive moderating effect on"digital transformation-innovation",which is that the higher CSR,the more obvious the promotion effect of digital transformation on technological innovation;The positive moderating effect of CSR is not only reflected in the quantity of technological innovation,but also in quality;In high-R&D intensity industries,the positive moderating effect of CSR is more prominent;The positive moderating effect of CSR exists in state-owned enterprises and non-state-owned enterprises,and in the eastern and central and western regions.This paper deepens the research on the relationship between digital transformation and innovation,and provides theoretical and empirical support for enterprises to take into account CSR in digital transformation.