当代财经 ›› 2026, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (3): 140-152.

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母公司绿色转型能提升海外子公司的绩效吗——来自绿色工厂创建的证据

庞素勤a, 李昭华a, b   

  1. 华中科技大学 a.经济学院 b.创新发展研究中心,湖北 武汉 430074
  • 收稿日期:2025-04-30 修回日期:2025-11-14 出版日期:2026-03-15 发布日期:2026-03-26
  • 通讯作者: 李昭华,华中科技大学教授,博士生导师,经济学博士,主要从事资源与环境经济学研究,联系方式zhaohuali@hust.edu.cn。
  • 作者简介:庞素勤,华中科技大学博士研究生,主要从事国际贸易与投资研究。
  • 基金资助:
    教育部人文社会科学研究规划基金项目“全球价值链新兴市场假说与中国清洁能源设备企业:位置攀升驱动、国际化策略及碳排放”(23YJA790046)

Can Green Transformation of Parent Company Improve the Performance of Foreign Subsidiaries: Evidences from the Establishment of Green Factory

Pang Su-qin, Li Zhao-hua   

  1. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • Received:2025-04-30 Revised:2025-11-14 Online:2026-03-15 Published:2026-03-26

摘要: 绿色转型为中国企业突破绿色投资壁垒和提高海外子公司的绩效提供了新契机。利用2008—2022年中国制造业企业及其海外子公司的面板数据,以绿色工厂创建为准自然实验,考察了母公司绿色转型对海外子公司绩效的影响。研究表明,母公司绿色转型有助于提升海外子公司的绩效。影响机制检验发现,母公司绿色转型可以提高母公司以独资模式进入东道国(地区)的概率和释放绿色信号,因而母公司绿色转型可以提高海外子公司的绩效。调节效应分析发现,母国与东道国(地区)之间的制度距离会削弱母公司绿色转型对海外子公司绩效的提升作用。异质性分析发现,母公司绿色转型对海外子公司绩效的提升作用在属于污染行业的母公司中更明显;相较于研发型海外子公司,母公司绿色转型对生产型和商贸型海外子公司绩效的提升作用更强。为此,政府应持续推广和支持绿色工厂创建,以绿色化引领对外直接投资,助力中国企业高质量“走出去”。

关键词: 绿色转型, 绿色工厂创建, 跨国企业, 海外子公司绩效, 制度距离

Abstract: Green transformation provides new opportunities for Chinese enterprises to break through green investment barriers and improve the performance of their overseas subsidiaries. Using the panel data of Chinese manufacturing enterprises and their overseas subsidiaries from 2008 to 2022, this study examines the impact of parent company's green transformation on the performance of overseas subsidiaries through a quasi-natural experiment based on the creation of green factories. The findings show that the green transformation of parent companies can help improve the performance of overseas subsidiaries. The impact mechanism test reveals that the green transformation of the parent company can increase the probability of the parent company entering the host country(region) in a sole proprietorship mode and release green signals, thus the green transformation of the parent company can improve the performance of overseas subsidiaries. The moderation effect analysis reveals that the institutional distance between the home country and the host country(region) may weaken the effect of the parent company's green transformation on the performance improvement of overseas subsidiaries. The heterogeneity analysis reveals that the improvement effect of green transformation of parent companies on the performance of overseas subsidiaries is more significant in parent companies belonging to polluting industries. Compared to R&D overseas subsidiaries, the parent company's green transformation has a stronger effect on improving the performance of production and commercial overseas subsidiaries. To this end, the government should continue to promote and support the creation of green factories, lead foreign direct investment with greenness, and assist Chinese enterprises in high-quality “going global”.

Key words: green transformation, green factory establishment, multinational company, performance of foreign subsidiaries, institutional distance

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