Can China go green through digitalization? Evidence from China's listed firms
Zhihui Zhao,
Wei Liu,
Yiyi Ning and
Shiyu Yang
International Review of Economics & Finance, 2024, vol. 94, issue C
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This paper employs textual analysis of China's listed firms in 2007–2022 to investigate the influence of corporate digitalization on corporate green innovation. Utilizing the frequency of digital-related terms as an indicator of corporate digitalization degree, we find that: First, corporate digitalization has a positive impact on green innovation, which has been confirmed by several robustness tests. Second, this positive impact is heterogeneous in different digitalization types and different green innovation types. Third, environmental disclosure, absorptive capacity, and internal control are three main mechanisms. These findings can offer insights into the coordinated development of digitalization and green transition in emerging markets.
Keywords: Corporate digitalization; Green innovation; Environmental disclosure; Absorptive capacity; Internal control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D21 L25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2024.103398
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