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Enterprise digital transformation and ESG performance

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  • Cai, Cen
  • Tu, Yongqian
  • Li, Zhi

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This paper selects A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2012 to 2022 as a sample to explore the relationship between corporate digital transformation and corporate ESG performance. It is found that enterprises carrying out digital transformation can significantly improve corporate ESG performance; corporate digital transformation can alleviate corporate financing constraints, increase analysts' attention, and improve corporate ESG performance.

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  • Cai, Cen & Tu, Yongqian & Li, Zhi, 2023. "Enterprise digital transformation and ESG performance," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 58(PD).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:58:y:2023:i:pd:s1544612323010644
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2023.104692
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