Can Industrial Digitalization Promote Regional Green Technology Innovation?

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

Journal of Innovation & Knowledge (Jan 2024)

Can Industrial Digitalization Promote Regional Green Technology Innovation?

Xiaoli Hao,
Yi Liang,
Cunyi Yang,
Haitao Wu,
Yu Hao

Affiliations

Xiaoli Hao: School of Economics and Management, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830047, China; Center for Innovation Management Research, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830047, China
Yi Liang: School of Economics and Management, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830047, China; School of Economics, Minzu University of China, Beijing Beijing 100081, China
Cunyi Yang: Lingnan College, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Haitao Wu: School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; Corresponding author. 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.
Yu Hao: School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing, Beijing 100081, China; Sustainable Development Research Institute for Economy and Society of Beijing, Beijing 100081, China; Beijing Key Lab of Energy Economics and Environmental Management, Beijing 100081, China; Corresponding author. Prof. Dr. Yu Hao 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. Tel: +86-10-68914938

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
p. 100463

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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.

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ISSN: 2444-569X (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Spain
LCC subjects: General Works: History of scholarship and learning. The humanities; Social Sciences: Social sciences (General)
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