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Chinese Journal of Management Science ›› 2025, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (5): 280-289.doi: 10.16381/j.cnki.issn1003-207x.2022.1267

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Supply Chain Finance: How can Enterprises Achieve Sustainability?

Hui Yu(), Shuang Wang   

  1. School of Economics and Business Administration,Chongqing University,Chongqing 400030,China
  • Received:2022-06-08 Revised:2023-01-03 Online:2025-05-25 Published:2025-06-04
  • Contact: Hui Yu E-mail:yuhui@cqu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Global environmental problems are becoming increasingly serious. More and more enterprises resort to the supply chain to seek the sustainable development strategy of "harmonious coexistence" between enterprises and nature. On the one hand, the downward pressure of the economy makes enterprises prefer supply chain finance with low financing costs and high availability to obtain financial support, while the huge size and urgent development needs of SMEs in China provide opportunities for the development of supply chain finance, and supply chain finance has achieved unprecedented development; On the other hand, enterprises must undertake more social and environmental responsibilities while pursuing high economic benefits. How to achieve “fish and bear's paw” has become a major challenge for enterprises to break through the new economic growth point. Supply chain finance is reshaping the future economic growth model and becoming a key strategic decision for enterprises to occupy the market highland.In this paper, the data of 1038 enterprises in 2019-2021 are selected as the sample, from Rankins ESG Ratings Database. The quasi-replication research method is used to explore the function mechanism and multiple paths of supply chain finance on the sustainable development of enterprises from the perspectives of financialization, technological innovation and government functions. The empirical analysis shows that supply chain finance significantly promotes the sustainable development of enterprises; Financialization, R&D investment and government holding have significant regulatory effects, while the regulatory effects of green technology innovation and government subsidies have not yet appeared. Enterprise heterogeneity has a significant impact on this mechanism. Configuration analysis shows that green technology innovation is the necessary and core condition for enterprises to achieve sustainable development. High-level sustainable development path of enterprises can be divided into three types: green technology innovation leading type, supply chain finance low demand type and supply chain finance high demand type. The research results provide micro-level empirical support for the sustainable development of supply chain finance enabling enterprises, and have certain reference value for the government to formulate and optimize relevant policies.

Key words: supply chain finance, corporate sustainable development, financialization, technology innovation, policy functions

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