Can Industrial Digitalization Promote Regional Green Technology Innovation?

发表日期：2024-01-01

作者：Xiaoli Hao; Yi Liang; Cunyi Yang; Haitao Wu; Yu Hao

单位：School of Economics and Management; Xinjiang University; Urumqi 830047; China; Center for Innovation Management Research; Minzu University of China; Beijing Beijing 100081; School of Management and Economics; Beijing Institute of Technology; Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research; Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing; Sustainable Development Research Institute for Economy and Society of Beijing; Beijing Key Lab of Energy Economics and Environmental Management; Lingnan College; Sun Yat-Sen University; Guangzhou; Dr. Haitao Wu is a highly regarded scholar at the School of Management and Economics Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) His research focuses on macroeconomics; business economics; ecological economics; and energy economics; is currently a full professor at the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP) Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) He earned a Ph.D. in Hamburg University in 2012. Currently; his main research interests include environmental policy; ecological economics and energy economics. So far; he has published over 100 papers in peer−reviewed journals in these fields of research

期刊：Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

摘要：Regional green technology innovation (RGTI) carries ecological and technological externalities, serving as a crucial force in aligning economic development with the imperative of environmental preservation. Industrial digitalization (indig) exhibits innovative, quality-enhancing, and efficiency-enhancing traits. Yet, the exact effects of indig on RGTI have not been extensively studied. In this study, based on provincial data from 2013-2019 in China, we investigated the linear and nonlinear relationships, spatial characteristics and underlying mechanisms between indig and RGTI through a Hansen threshold model and a mediating effect model. The results showed that: i. indig fluctuates while RGTI increases steadily, both displaying evident spatial agglomeration traits and a unipolar characteristic of regional heterogeneity; ii. indig has effectively boosted RGTI at both national and regional levels, with the exception of the northeastern region; iii. There was a single threshold for industrial digitalization and the positive driving trend exhibited a“marginally increasing”characteristic; iv. Two critical elements, namely industrial structure advancement and marketization, have partial intermediary roles. Basing on these results, this study presents several policy recommendations.

关键词：Industrial digitization; green technology innovation; spatial agglomeration; intermediary model; threshold effect; regional heterogeneity; O13; O15; P28

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