Unveiling Synergies: The Mediating Role of China's OFDI and Intelligent Transformation in Advancing Green Total Factor Productivity

IF 3.2 Q3 BUSINESS

Thunderbird International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-06-16 DOI:10.1002/tie.70002

Shunru Chen, Constantinos Alexiou, Ying Xie

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Abstract

This research focuses on the impact of intelligent transformation on green total factor productivity (GTFP) within China's manufacturing enterprises from 2010 to 2022. To assess the extent of intelligent transformation across the sector, the study adopts natural language processing and the non-radial SBM-ML index to measure GTFP. Utilizing threshold and mediation analysis, we explore how outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) affects intelligent transformation and GTFP while additional robustness tests supplement the analysis. The study also considers the variability in the impact of intelligent transformation at enterprise, industry, and regional levels. The results reveal a significant positive relationship between intelligent transformation and GTFP, notably stronger in non-OFDI firms and more pronounced in heavily polluting industries. In particular, enterprises with smaller scale of FDI and those in China's middle region see more substantial benefits.

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揭示协同效应：中国对外直接投资与智能化转型对提高绿色全要素生产率的中介作用

本文主要研究2010 - 2022年中国制造业企业智能化转型对绿色全要素生产率的影响。为了评估整个行业的智能转型程度，本研究采用自然语言处理和非径向SBM-ML指数来衡量GTFP。利用阈值和中介分析，我们探讨了对外直接投资（OFDI）对智能转型和GTFP的影响，并进行了鲁棒性检验。该研究还考虑了企业、行业和区域层面上智能转型影响的可变性。结果表明，智能转型与GTFP之间存在显著的正相关关系，特别是在非对外直接投资企业中更为明显，在重污染行业中更为明显。特别是外商直接投资规模较小的企业和中国中部地区的企业受益更为实质性。

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