国际贸易网络如何促进企业履行社会责任

How Does International Trade Network Promote Corporate Social Responsibility

随着全球经济的持续复苏和转型发展,企业深度融入全球价值链、履行社会责任是高质量发展的必然选择。文章依托国际贸易网络分析框架,探究贸易网络地位如何影响企业履行社会责任。研究发现,企业在国际贸易网络中的地位攀升有助于企业履行社会责任。机制分析表明,企业贸易网络通过提高中间品进口技术复杂度、提升出口国内附加值和改善环境绩效三种渠道提升企业社会责任水平。进一步研究发现贸易网络地位的提升可以显著提高企业经营绩效和降低企业经营风险。文章为全球价值链背景下中国制造业企业高质量“走出去”、助力全球可持续发展提供了实证依据,也为中国制造业企业提高社会责任水平提供了可行路径。

With the continuous recovery and the transformation of the global economy,the corporate deep integration into global value chain(GVC) and the fulfillment of social responsibility are the inevitable choices for high-quality development.Based on the international trade network analysis framework,this paper explores how the status in trade network affects the corporate fulfillment of social responsibility.The research shows that the corporate rising status in international trade network is conducive to the corporate fulfillment of social responsibility.Mechanism analysis reveals that the corporate trade network can enhance the level of corporate social responsibility through three channels of increasing intermediate products import technology sophistication,enhancing export domestic value added and improving environmental performance.Further research indicates that the rising status in trade network can significantly improve the corporate business performance and reduce the corporate business risks.This paper provides empirical evidence for China's manufacturing corporations to “go global” with high quality and to contribute to the global sustainable development under the background of GVC,and also provides feasible paths for China's manufacturing corporations to improve the level of social responsibility.