Does Downstream Digitalization Lead to Green Innovation in Upstream Enterprises——Based on the Perspective of Supply Chain Spillover
At present,improving the level of green innovation in enterprises should focus on the spillover effects of digital technology innovation applications and the related entities in the industrial chain and supply chain.This article is based on the supply chain and big data of enterprise green technology and digital technology patents that match customers and suppli-ers of Chinese listed companies one by one.For the first time,it examines the micro mechanism of the impact of downstream enterprise digital transformation on upstream enterprise green innovation from the perspective of industry correlation.Re-search has found that digital transformation of downstream enterprises is beneficial for driving green innovation in upstream enterprises,especially when upstream enterprises are large in scale,state-owned,have rich knowledge stock,or have high market competition,high demand,and pollution intensity in their industries.The digital transformation of downstream enter-prises has a more significant driving effect on their green innovation.Mechanism analysis shows that the digital transformation of downstream enterprises is conducive to promoting the improvement of digital technology innovation capabilities and the in-tegration of digital technology and green technology innovation capabilities of upstream enterprises,thereby driving green in-novation in upstream enterprises.Further analysis shows that under the influence of spillover effects after the digital transfor-mation of downstream enterprises,the green innovation activities of upstream enterprises not only increase in quantity but also improve in quality;Not only does it generate a"crowding out effect"on strategic innovation of enterprises,but it also gen-erates a"leverage effect"on substantive innovation;However,at the current stage,green innovation in upstream enterprises is mainly concentrated in the production process control and end of pipe governance,and has not yet penetrated into the preven-tion stage of fundamentally solving pollution problems at the source.The research conclusion of this article provides empirical evidence and policy inspiration for establishing a market-oriented green technology innovation system and promoting the coor-dinated development of digital and green technologies in the digital economy era.
Digital TransformationGreen InnovationSpillover EffectsVertical RelationshipTechnology Integration
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