数字化转型赋能企业高质量发展——基于城市异质性视角的分析

Digital transformation empowers high quality development of enterprises:Analysis based on the perspective of urban heterogeneity

在数字经济时代,企业面临更加激烈的竞争,数字化转型成为其适应时代发展要求的必然选择。以2012—2020年上市公司数据为研究样本,考察了数字化转型对企业高质量发展的影响效应及其在城市间的异质性表现。研究结论表明,数字化转型有助于提升企业发展质量。数字化转型的积极影响在数字基础设施更完善、人力资本水平更高以及知识产权保护力度更大的城市中表现更为突出。中介机制检验表明,创新能力在数字化赋能高质量发展过程中发挥了重要作用。数字化转型有望成为支撑新发展格局下中国经济高质量发展的重要驱动力,未来应在制度环境和数字基础设施等软硬件建设方面加大投入力度,为数字经济发展奠定坚实基础。

In the era of digital economy,enterprises are facing more fierce competition,and digital transformation has become an important choice for them to adapt to the development requirements of the times.Using the data of listed companies from 2012 to 2020 as a sample,this paper examines the impact of digital transformation on high-quality development and its heterogeneity among cities.The research results show that digital transformation can help improve the development quality of enterprises.Heterogeneity analysis shows that the positive effects of digital transformation are more pronounced in cities with higher levels of digital infrastructure and human capital,as well as in cities with stronger intellectual property protection.The intermediary mechanism test shows that innovation ability plays an important role in the process of digital enabling high quality.The above conclusions mean that digital transformation is expected to become an important driving force supporting the high-quality development of China's economy under the new development pattern.In the future,more investment should be made in hardware and software such as institutional environment and digital infrastructure to lay a solid foundation for the development of digital economy.