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Digitalization transformation and ESG performance: Evidence from China

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  1. Luo, Wenbing & Lei, Shuting & Deng, Mingjun, 2025. "How CEO social capital affects corporate ESG performance? evidence from China," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 264-280.
  2. Salwa Saleh Almasabi & Varun Chotia & Priyanka Malik & Valentina Cillo & Del Giudice Manlio, 2026. "Empowering ESG through digital capabilities: a strategic model for entrepreneurial performance and corporate governance transformation," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 1-41, June.
  3. Gomaa Agag & Sameh Aboul-Dahab & Sherif El-Halaby & Said Abdo & Mohamed A. Khashan, 2025. "Leveraging Digitalization to Boost ESG Performance in Different Business Contexts," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(15), pages 1-31, July.
  4. Yin, Li & Han, Yuanhang & Shao, Jinan & Dai, Jing & Shou, Yongyi, 2025. "Does ESG rating divergence depress trade credit? A signaling theory perspective," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 203(C).
  5. Caiming Nie & Dor Kushinsky & Ting Ren, 2025. "Digital Transformation, CEO Compensation, and ESG Performance: Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(9), pages 1-23, April.
  6. Yijian Du & Guoming Hao & Honghui Zhu, 2025. "How Does Participation in AI Standardisation Affect the Sustainable Development of Strategic Emerging Enterprises Under the Background of Uncertainty? Evidence from China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(17), pages 1-21, August.
  7. Wu, Jiamei & Guo, Chong, 2025. "The externalities of inspection supervision: Evidence from corporate ESG performance in China," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 1577-1595.
  8. Anqi Ma & Yue Gao & Lirong Xing, 2025. "The Impact of ESG Performance on Corporate Investment Efficiency: Evidence from Chinese Agribusiness Companies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(16), pages 1-21, August.
  9. Adil Riaz & Shafique Ur Rehman & Roberto Quaglia & Guido Giovando, 2026. "Entrepreneurial orientation in the digital world: orchestrating innovation, ESG, and sustainability," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 22(1), pages 1-31, March.
  10. Ren, Jia & Shan, Shuo & Liu, Fuzhen & Lai, Kee-hung, 2026. "Examining the link between supplier diversification and ESG practices: An opportunity-motivation-ability perspective," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 299(C).
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  12. Jun Li & Ying Wang & Shizhi Liang & Peng Zhou & Ao Zhang, 2025. "Does the National Big Data Comprehensive Experimental Zone Pilot Policy Effectively Promote the ESG Performance of Firms? Evidence From Listed Firms in China," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 46(5), pages 3106-3122, July.
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  14. Edward Idemudia Agboare & Luo Guang & Atta Ullah & Huma Iftikhar, 2025. "Impact of Tech‐Enabled Financial Disruptions and Internet Plus Initiative on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance in China: Evidence From a PVAR Approach," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 46(6), pages 3467-3485, September.
  15. Zhang, Liming & Yang, Cuiping & Luo, Kuankuan, 2025. "The impact of climate risk on sustainability performance of enterprises: Evidence from China," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
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  20. Li, Junjun & Wu, Tong & Hu, Boqiang & Pan, Dongliang & Zhou, Yaqiong, 2025. "Artificial intelligence and corporate ESG performance," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 102(C).
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  22. Xiang Chen & Shuai Shao & Liming Ge & Lili Yang, 2026. "Executive equity incentives and corporate environmental engagement: evidence from China," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 59(5), pages 1-31, October.
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  24. Yanqi Sun & Jingtong Wu & Tairan Kevin Huang & Howard Davey & Yuzhong Lu, 2026. "Is ESG Transparency the Fruit of Corporate Digitalization: Strategic Pathways to Enhanced ESG Disclosure?," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 35(3), pages 3923-3951, March.
  25. Chen, Yuhang & Zhong, Yilin & Xu, Feng & Zhang, Qinghua, 2025. "Driving environmental, social, and governance excellence: The direct and indirect effects of intelligent transformation," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 313-331.
  26. Yu, Jianglong & Liu, Hongmei & Lei, Xiaodong & Liu, Ke, 2025. "The impact of capital market enforcement intensity on corporate ESG performance: Evidence from China," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 2534-2553.
  27. Joana Cobbinah & Abednego Osei & Joseph Owusu Amoah, 2026. "Innovating for a Greener Future: Do Digital Transformation and Innovation Capacity Drive Enterprise Green Total Factor Productivity in the Knowledge Economy?," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 17(1), pages 325-363, February.
  28. Shan Li & Shiyi Tang & Yuxin Zhao & Liang Han & Wan Liu, 2024. "Curse or blessing? Impact of the scope and duration of negative attainment discrepancy on ESG practices," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 31(6), pages 5236-5259, November.
  29. Tang, Yiding & Shen, Zhixuan & Qiao, Xingzhi & Wen, Xi, 2025. "The digital domino effect: Quasi-experimental evidence on state-driven enterprise transformation," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 85(PA).
  30. Hong Zhang & Jiehua Liu & He Jiang, 2025. "The Impact of Enterprise Digital Transformation on ESG Performance: Evidence from China," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 46(5), pages 3157-3171, July.
  31. Ethan Xin Liu & Shifeng Zhou & Jingda Mi, 2025. "Diversity Breeds Strength: CEO Functional Experience Diversity and Corporate ESG Performance," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(4), pages 4832-4852, May.
  32. Wang, Xincheng & Zhang, Xuewei & Zhang, Sujuan, 2026. "Communist CEOs and corporate sustainability: Unpacking the interplay of ideology, innovation, and power," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 224(C).
  33. Joan Torrent‐Sellens & Mihaela Enache‐Zegheru & Pilar Ficapal‐Cusí, 2025. "Promoting the European Sustainable Firm: How Economic, Social, and Green Innovation and the AI‐Based Technologies Create Pathways of Social and Environmental Sustainability," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(7), pages 9093-9119, November.
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  35. Zhang, Yijun & Yu, Jiajun & Wang, Jiale & Song, Yi, 2026. "Blockchain technology, information asymmetry and corporate ESG performance: Evidence from China," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).
  36. Yu, Yang & Chan, Hau-Ling & Cho, Erin, 2026. "Enhancing ESG performance through digital transformation: Recent development, cases and relationships," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 202(C).
  37. Peng, Shengnan & Liu, Chan & Wang, Ze & Ye, Zihan & Sun, Xialing & Tan, Zhanglu, 2024. "The impact of the carbon reduction policy effectiveness on energy companies' ESG performance," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 96(PB).
  38. Sun, Zhe & Liu, Lei & Zhao, Liang & Alofaysan, Hind & Gupta, Bhumika, 2026. "Generative AI and ESG opportunism in supply chains: A utilitarian perspective on unintended consequences for sustainability," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 224(C).
  39. Jingzhuo Yu & Yong-Sik Hwang, 2024. "The Interaction Effects of Board Independence and Digital Transformation on Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance: Complementary or Substitutive?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(20), pages 1-26, October.
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