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Research on the Impact of Enterprise Artificial Intelligence on Supply Chain Resilience: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies

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  • Lijie Lin

    (School of Economics and Management, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China)

  • Xiangyu Zhang

    (School of Economics and Management, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China)

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI), as a strategic technology leading the current technological revolution and industrial transformation, functions as a pivotal catalyst for enhancing high-quality supply chain development and as the primary engine driving supply chains towards environmentally sustainable, low-carbon models. This study seeks to clarify how AI bolsters supply chain resilience through enhanced information transparency and dynamic capabilities, while examining the moderating influence of digital government in this context. Based on this, this study selected A-share listed companies from 2012 to 2023 as research samples. An entropy-based approach was utilized to develop a supply chain resilience indicator system. A two-way fixed-effects model was employed to analyze the mechanism by which business AI impacts supply chain resilience. Studies demonstrate that company artificial intelligence can markedly improve supply chain resilience. In this process, information transparency, innovative capacity, and absorptive capacity partially mediate the effect, while digital governance exerts a positive moderating influence. Heterogeneity studies indicate that artificial intelligence has a significantly greater favorable effect on supply chain resilience for high-tech corporations, manufacturing firms, growth-stage companies, mature-stage businesses, and chain master enterprises. The research findings not only reveal the impact and underlying mechanisms of enterprise artificial intelligence on supply chain resilience, offering a new perspective for systematically understanding the relationship between enterprise AI and supply chain resilience, but also provide key pathways and empirical evidence for leveraging digital technologies to build sustainable supply chains.

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  • Lijie Lin & Xiangyu Zhang, 2025. "Research on the Impact of Enterprise Artificial Intelligence on Supply Chain Resilience: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(19), pages 1-24, September.
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