企业数字化转型对全要素能源效率的影响——基于专业化分工的视角

The Impact of Enterprise Digital Transformation on Total-Factor Energy Efficiency:From the Perspective of Specialized Division of Labor

基于中国上市公司2001—2021年企业层面数据并将专业化分工纳入企业数字化转型与全要素能源效率的实证研究表明:第一,企业数字化会提高企业的全要素能源效率,在一系列稳健性检验后该结论依旧成立;第二,相较于民营企业,数字化对国有企业的全要素能源效率的提升作用更加显著;第三,相较于内部控制水平低的企业,数字化对内部控制水平位于前25%的企业的全要素能源效率的提升作用更加显著。此外,机制分析表明,企业数字化通过提高专业化分工水平进一步促进了企业能源效率的提升。上述结论意味着,为了加快推进“双碳”目标的实现,政府应积极落实各项政策,大力推动企业数字化转型,并充分发挥财政资金的引导作用。同时,应鼓励企业加强数字技术在生产运营等环节的应用,鼓励企业加强与行业龙头企业的协同创新,进一步提高企业自身的专业化能力和专业化水平。

Based on the firm-level data of Chinese listed companies from 2001-2021,this paper brings the specialized division of labor into the enterprise digital transformation and the total factor energy efficiency to conduct an empirical study.The findings show that,firstly,enterprise digital transformation can improve the total factor energy efficiency of enterprises,and this conclusion still holds after a series of robustness tests;secondly,digital transformation has a more significant promotion effect on the total factor energy efficiency of state-owned enterprises compared with private enterprises;thirdly,compared with the enterprises with lower level of internal control,digital transformation has much more significant promotion effect on the total-factor energy efficiency of the enterprises with the internal control level at the top 25%.In addition,the mechanism analysis reveals that enterprise digital transformation can further promote the improvement of the energy efficiency of enterprises by improving the level of specialized division of labor.The above conclusions suggest that in order to promote the realization of the“double carbon”goal,the government should actively implement various policies,vigorously promote the digital transformation of enterprises,and give full play to the guiding function of financial funds.At the same time,it should encourage enterprises to strengthen the applications of digital technology in the links of production,operation and so on,and encourage the enterprises to enhance the synergy and innovation with the leading enterprises in the industry,so as to improve the specialized capacity and the specialized level of their own.