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The path of digital transformation driving enterprise growth: The moderating role of financing constraints

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  • Li, Mou
  • Wei, Lei

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This study utilizes data from A-share listed companies of China between 2010 and 2021 to investigate the impact of digital transformation on corporate growth performance using a two-way fixed-effects model. We find that digital transformation has significantly promoted corporate growth performance, which remains robust across a series of tests. Mechanism analysis indicates that overall financing constraints and debt financing have significant moderating effects on the relationship between digital transformation and growth performance, whereas equity financing has similar effects only after PSM matching. Heterogeneity analysis shows that the promotion effect of digital transformation on growth performance is more pronounced in private enterprises, regions with superior business environments, and non-high-tech industries. Furthermore, both debt financing and equity financing were found to have a threshold effect on the growth performance promotion of enterprise digital transformation. Based on these, it is proposed that the configuration of enterprise capital scale and financing path should be considered when pursuing the positive effects of enterprise digital transformation.

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  • Li, Mou & Wei, Lei, 2024. "The path of digital transformation driving enterprise growth: The moderating role of financing constraints," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 96(PA).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finana:v:96:y:2024:i:pa:s105752192400468x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103536
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    Keywords

    Digital transformation; Financing cost; Financing constraints;
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    JEL classification:

    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • C36 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • D25 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Intertemporal Firm Choice: Investment, Capacity, and Financing

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