Research on the Impact of Supply Chain Concentration on firm Performance of Digital Transformation
This paper studied how enterprises could improve their digital transformation performance from the perspective of external supply chains.The paper focused on the impact of supplier concentration and customer concentration on the firm digital transformation performance.By using 3 344 balanced panel data from 304 listed companies in Chinese manufacturing industry from 2010 to 2021,the empirical research results showed that firm digital transformation had a significant promoting effect on firm financial performance;Supplier concentration can enhance the positive effect of digital transformation on firm financial performance,and this moderating effect is more evident in state-owned enterprises.The positive moderating effect of customer concentration on the relationship between digital transformation and firm financial performance was only established in the sample of state-owned enterprises.The conclusions of this paper had some guidance for firms to adjust their supply chain structure and achieve digital transformation benefits.
digital transformationsupplier concentrationcustomer concentrationproperty rightsfinancial performance