Does intelligent manufacturing promote a breakthrough in green innovation? Evidence from China
Breakthroughs in green innovation (BGI) have become increasingly prominent in spearheading green technology, while intelligent manufacturing (IM) offers a fresh technical paradigm for the manufacturing industry’ green development. Yet, due to the limitations in measuring BGI, existing research on IM...
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| author | Xiangshu Dong Yongjiao Du Mengchao Zhao Xiang Xiao |
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| description | Breakthroughs in green innovation (BGI) have become increasingly prominent in spearheading green technology, while intelligent manufacturing (IM) offers a fresh technical paradigm for the manufacturing industry’ green development. Yet, due to the limitations in measuring BGI, existing research on IM and BGI has been ignored. By devising a ground-breaking approach to BGI, this paper takes the IM pilot demonstration projects as an ideal quasi-natural experiment and investigates the influence of IM on BGI. Our findings indicate that IM can effectively enhance BGI which are further validated by a series of rigorous examinations. Further mechanism analysis reveals that crowding-in R&D resources, strengthening green open innovation, and alleviating agency conflict play potential pathways in bridging the nexus between IM and BGI. A heterogeneity analysis highlights that IM has the potential to disrupt the technological path dependency observed in high-pollution and high-energy consumption industries. Further research suggests that IM can form a joint effect with environmental regulations to promote BGI. BGI driven by IM can also improve both the firm’s economic and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, leading to a “win-win” scenario for economic performance and green development. Our study confirms that promoting IM in emerging countries is indispensable for enhancing BGI, which serves as the new impetus for green development. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-aa1ac0c34b3a48e2bf6f3786e8f1ed4d2025-01-31T06:40:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Environmental Science2296-665X2025-01-011310.3389/fenvs.2025.15114691511469Does intelligent manufacturing promote a breakthrough in green innovation? Evidence from ChinaXiangshu Dong0Yongjiao Du1Mengchao Zhao2Xiang Xiao3School of Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Marxism, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, ChinaBreakthroughs in green innovation (BGI) have become increasingly prominent in spearheading green technology, while intelligent manufacturing (IM) offers a fresh technical paradigm for the manufacturing industry’ green development. Yet, due to the limitations in measuring BGI, existing research on IM and BGI has been ignored. By devising a ground-breaking approach to BGI, this paper takes the IM pilot demonstration projects as an ideal quasi-natural experiment and investigates the influence of IM on BGI. Our findings indicate that IM can effectively enhance BGI which are further validated by a series of rigorous examinations. Further mechanism analysis reveals that crowding-in R&D resources, strengthening green open innovation, and alleviating agency conflict play potential pathways in bridging the nexus between IM and BGI. A heterogeneity analysis highlights that IM has the potential to disrupt the technological path dependency observed in high-pollution and high-energy consumption industries. Further research suggests that IM can form a joint effect with environmental regulations to promote BGI. BGI driven by IM can also improve both the firm’s economic and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, leading to a “win-win” scenario for economic performance and green development. Our study confirms that promoting IM in emerging countries is indispensable for enhancing BGI, which serves as the new impetus for green development.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2025.1511469/fullintelligent manufacturingbreakthrough in green innovationgreen open innovationinformation asymmetryESG performance |
| spellingShingle | Xiangshu Dong Yongjiao Du Mengchao Zhao Xiang Xiao Does intelligent manufacturing promote a breakthrough in green innovation? Evidence from China Frontiers in Environmental Science intelligent manufacturing breakthrough in green innovation green open innovation information asymmetry ESG performance |
| title | Does intelligent manufacturing promote a breakthrough in green innovation? Evidence from China |
| title_full | Does intelligent manufacturing promote a breakthrough in green innovation? Evidence from China |
| title_fullStr | Does intelligent manufacturing promote a breakthrough in green innovation? Evidence from China |
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| title_short | Does intelligent manufacturing promote a breakthrough in green innovation? Evidence from China |
| title_sort | does intelligent manufacturing promote a breakthrough in green innovation evidence from china |
| topic | intelligent manufacturing breakthrough in green innovation green open innovation information asymmetry ESG performance |
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