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Digital transformation and export duration: Implications for firm financial performance
This study explores the financial implications of digital transformation by examining its effect on export duration among Chinese listed firms. Drawing on heterogeneous firm trade theory, we argue that digital transformation enhances productivity and demand responsiveness, allowing firms to sustain longer export relationships and strengthen financial outcomes. Using firm-level panel data from A-share listed companies in China spanning 2007–2016, we employ a complementary log-log (clog-log) survival model to estimate the effect of digital transformation on export duration. The results indicate that digital transformation significantly extends export spells, particularly for large firms, technology-intensive industries, and firms in competitive markets. Further analysis reveals that prolonged export duration is positively associated with firm profitability, revenue growth, and financial stability. These findings underscore the strategic financial value of digital investments in enhancing export resilience and long-term performance in emerging markets.
期刊介绍:
The Pacific-Basin Finance Journal is aimed at providing a specialized forum for the publication of academic research on capital markets of the Asia-Pacific countries. Primary emphasis will be placed on the highest quality empirical and theoretical research in the following areas: • Market Micro-structure; • Investment and Portfolio Management; • Theories of Market Equilibrium; • Valuation of Financial and Real Assets; • Behavior of Asset Prices in Financial Sectors; • Normative Theory of Financial Management; • Capital Markets of Development; • Market Mechanisms.