企业数字化转型与创新产出的实证研究
An Empirical Study on Digital Transformation and Innovation Output of Enterprises

随着科技革命的推进和数字经济的蓬勃发展，数字化转型已成为企业发展的关键。本文采用2016至2020年中国沪深A股上市公司为样本，运用实证研究方法探讨了企业数字化转型与企业创新之间的关系。研究发现：(1) 数字化转型显著提升了企业的创新产出，通过优化业务流程和提高生产效率，企业能够释放更多资源用于创新活动。(2) 对于企业创新产出，数字化转型所发挥的促进作用在大规模企业里表现得尤为显著。此外，尽管我国企业的数字化转型指数显示大部分企业已在一定程度上实施了转型，但专利申请量的自然对数均值表明整体创新产出仍有提升空间。本文的实证结果可以为数字化转型和企业创新提供一定的启示。
With the advancement of the technological revolution and the booming development of the digital economy, digital transformation has become a key trend in enterprise development. Using a sample of Chinese A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2016 to 2020, this paper uses empirical research methods to explore the relationship between corporate digital transformation and corporate innovation. It is found that (1) digital transformation significantly improves firms’ innovation output, and by optimizing business processes and improving productivity, firms are able to release more resources for innovation activities. (2) For enterprise innovation output, the facilitating role played by digital transformation is particularly significant in large-scale enterprises. In addition, although the digital transformation index of enterprises in China shows that most of them have implemented the transformation to a certain extent, the natural logarithmic mean of the number of patent applications indicates that there is still room for improvement in the overall innovation output. The empirical results of this paper can provide some insights into digital transformation and enterprise innovation.