Exploring the Relationship Between Enterprise Digital Transformation and Green Technological Innovation: From the Perspective of Innovation Elements Searching

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Pub Date : 2024-10-02 DOI:10.1109/TEM.2024.3472841

Mingyue Wang;Yingming Li

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Abstract

Digital transformation has emerged as a crucial lever for promoting sustainable development worldwide. The question of whether and how digital transformation can empower green technological innovation (GTI) represents an urgent topic that necessitates exploration. Given the advantages of digital technology in optimizing factor allocation, this study examines whether the digital transformation of enterprises can enhance their capability and motivation for GTI by facilitating innovation elements searching (IES), using data from 253 manufacturing companies in China. Based on this, we categorize the impact pathway of digital transformation on GTI into two stages, using IES as a dividing point, and empirically test the influence of external environmental dynamism in the first stage and the impact of corporate environmental commitment in the second stage. The research findings indicate that 1) digital transformation exerts a positive influence on GTI within enterprises, characterized by diverse transformation pathways. Notably, the depth and breadth of IES serve as significant mediators, with the direct pathway contributing more than the two indirect pathways. 2) As the dynamism of the external environment increases, the positive effect of digital transformation on the breadth and depth of IES diminishes, revealing a moderating effect that has certain limits. Specifically, when external environmental dynamics exceed critical threshold, the moderating effect becomes insignificant. 3) Within a specified boundary range, corporate environmental commitment positively influences the relationship between IES and GTI, with variations observed in the breadth and depth of IES. This study offers valuable insights into the pathways and mechanisms of the integrated development of digitalization and green growth, thereby contributing to the achievement of sustainable development goals.

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探索企业数字化转型与绿色技术创新的关系：从创新要素的角度探寻

数字化转型已成为促进全球可持续发展的重要杠杆。数字化转型能否以及如何增强绿色技术创新（GTI）的能力，是一个亟待探索的课题。鉴于数字化技术在优化要素配置方面的优势，本研究利用中国 253 家制造业企业的数据，探讨了企业的数字化转型能否通过促进创新要素搜索（IES）来增强企业的 GTI 能力和动力。在此基础上，我们以 IES 为分界点，将数字化转型对 GTI 的影响路径分为两个阶段，并实证检验了第一阶段外部环境动力的影响和第二阶段企业环境承诺的影响。研究结果表明：1）数字化转型对企业内部的 GTI 产生了积极影响，其特点是转型路径多样化。值得注意的是，IES 的深度和广度是重要的中介因素，其中直接途径的贡献大于两条间接途径。2) 随着外部环境动态性的增强，数字化转型对 IES 广度和深度的积极影响逐渐减弱，显示出一种有一定限度的调节作用。具体来说，当外部环境动态超过临界阈值时，调节作用就会变得不明显。3）在特定的边界范围内，企业环境承诺会对 IES 和 GTI 之间的关系产生积极影响，但 IES 的广度和深度会有所变化。本研究为数字化与绿色增长融合发展的路径和机制提供了有价值的见解，从而有助于实现可持续发展目标。

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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 管理科学-工程：工业

CiteScore

10.30

自引率

19.00%

发文量

604

审稿时长

5.3 months

期刊介绍： Management of technical functions such as research, development, and engineering in industry, government, university, and other settings. Emphasis is on studies carried on within an organization to help in decision making or policy formation for RD&E.