Digital Transformation,Supply Chain Transparency and Supply Chain Performance:Evidence from Chinese A-share Manufacturing Listed Companies
In a turbulent environment,the development of digital technologies establishes the conditions necessary for the improvement of supply chain performance.Based on the resource-based,information asymmetry,and organizational information processing theories,this study analyzes the mechanism for the impact of digital transformation on supply chain performance.The proposed hypotheses are empirically tested using sample data of A-share listed manufacturing companies in China from 2015 to 2021.The results show that digital transformation has a significant positive impact on supply chain performance.Supply chain transparency plays a partial mediating effect in the relationship between digital transformation and supply chain performance,and environmental uncertainty positively moderates the relationship between digital transformation and supply chain performance,as well as digital transformation and supply chain transparency.The conclusions are still valid after a series of robustness tests.The results of the heterogeneity analysis show that the impact of digital transformation on supply chain performance in small and medium-sized enterprises is more significant than that in large enterprises.The findings provide a theoretical basis for Chinese manufacturing enterprises,especially small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises,to promote digital transformation and improve their supply chain transparency and performance.
digital transformationsupply chain transparencyenvironment uncertaintysupply chain performance