Effect of Digital Transformation in Sports Companies on Green Innovation: Evidence from Listed Companies in China

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

1.There is a lot of research on digitalisation and green transformation, what is the significance of this article's focus on the sports industry and is there anything special about it? I think the article does not illustrate this question well.

2.The policy background is elaborated more in the introduction, and the focus on the sports industry needs to be deepened.

3.I think the literature review section still needs to be supplemented with a description of companies in the sports industry.

4.Measurement of green transformation, there are a lot of indicator system measurements about green transformation, is it appropriate to use green innovation alone? Is it possible to write the title of the article as green innovation.

5.Regarding the definition of enterprises in the sports industry, you need to state in the article, how many enterprises and what are the definition criteria?

6.In general, the article's line of thought is simple, robustness and further analysis is also done more simply, I did not feel the importance of the article, the need for the author of the study to deepen and clarify the significance of the study.

Comments on the Quality of English Language

The quality of the language needs to be further improved, so please seek out native English speakers for touch-ups and enhancements.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

Thank you very much for your valuable feedback, which has greatly assisted us in revising
our article. We truly appreciate your professionalism, thoroughness, and dedication. 

In accordance with your comments, we have tried our best to make comprehensive modifications. We will provide point-by-point responses in the attachment.

Kind regards

yina zhang

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

This paper takes Chinese sports enterprises from 2011 to 2022 as a sample to study the relationship between digital transformation and green transformation. The results show that digital transformation promotes green innovation of sports enterprises by improving human capital and internal control level. However, there are some issues in the theory development and robustness testing sections that must be resolved before publication can be considered. If the following problems can be properly solved, this study will provide new insights and perspectives for the development of green transformation practices in sports enterprises. Detailed comments are attached.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Comments on the Quality of English Language

Manuscripts need to be carefully edited, paying special attention to English grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. In addition, there are inconsistencies in the reference to the company.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

Thank you very much for your valuable feedback, which has greatly assisted us in revising
our article. We truly appreciate your professionalism, thoroughness, and dedication. 

In accordance with your comments, we have tried our best to make comprehensive modifications. We will provide point-by-point responses in the attachment.

Kind regards

yina zhang

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 3 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The authors at INTRODUCTION combed through the research on digital transformation and green transformation, so why were sports firms chosen for the study?

Change the title of Chapter 2 to ‘Literature Review and Hypothesis Development’.

In the hypothesis development, the author should elaborate more on the relationship between digital transformation and green transformation of sports enterprises.

Mapping the Logical Framework

The green transformation evaluation system is presented in a table

In ‘Trade Induced Technical Change? The Impact of Chinese Imports on Innovation, IT and Productivity’, it is mentioned that Log(Y+1) will lead to biased estimation results. Please use Poisson regression for robustness analysis.

Please re-edit the format of Table 5

Each equation needs to be followed by a number

Regression results with instrumental variables added

Many of the statements within the article need to be supported by additional literature

Discussion section, need to compare with existing literature and explain why

Comments on the Quality of English Language

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Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

Thank you very much for your valuable feedback, which has greatly assisted us in revising
our article. We truly appreciate your professionalism, thoroughness, and dedication. 

In accordance with your comments, we have tried our best to make comprehensive modifications. We will provide point-by-point responses in the attachment.

Kind regards

yina zhang

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 4 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Thanks for this opportunity to review this work on digital transformation and green transformation. The paper is well written and well structured.  However minor editing is  needed in English language 

And highlighting the study contributions

The study contributions must be thoroughly discussed in the introduction  and conclusion sections relative to previous studies.

Further, the discussion of the findings is thin at the moment.  The study findings must also be throughly discussed relative to the literature. 

Good luck.

Comments on the Quality of English Language

English language should benefit from professional proofreading. 

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

Thank you very much for your valuable feedback, which has greatly assisted us in revising
our article. We truly appreciate your professionalism, thoroughness, and dedication. 

In accordance with your comments, we have tried our best to make comprehensive modifications. We will provide point-by-point responses in the attachment.

Kind regards

yina Zhang

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

I still think it will be problematic to use green innovation to represent green transformation. There are many aspects of green transformation, and green innovation is only a part. The author can consider changing the topic or changing the measurement method of the dependent variable.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

Thank you very much for your valuable feedback. We truly appreciate your professionalism and dedication. 

In accordance with your comments, we have tried our best to make comprehensive modifications. We will provide point-by-point responses in the attachment.

Kind regards

Yina Zhang

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

I think that most of the issues mentioned last time have been addressed well. I believe the paper can be accepted with minor revisions. There are still the following minor issues that need addressing.

1. There is a lack of references when you list the characteristics of the sports industry: In your response 4 "As a pillar industry As a pillar industry for future economic development, the sports industry is increasingly contributing to the service sector each year. However, issues such as extensive development, small scale, and low structural efficiency persist. Challenges like "having various business forms without a cohesive system"

2. Although you have listed some characteristics of the sports industry, I think it will be better if you explain why you chose this moderator based on specific characteristics of the sports industry.

Comments on the Quality of English Language

The manuscript could be refined to use more precise and scholarly language.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

Thank you very much for your valuable feedback. We truly appreciate your professionalism and dedication. 

In accordance with your comments, we have tried our best to make comprehensive modifications. We will provide point-by-point responses in the attachment.

Kind regards

Yina Zhang

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 3 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

good job

Comments on the Quality of English Language

good job

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

Thank you very much for your valuable feedback. We truly appreciate your professionalism and dedication. 

In accordance with your comments, we have tried our best to make comprehensive modifications. We will provide point-by-point responses in the attachment.

Kind regards

Yina Zhang

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf