Green innovation is an important driver for the sustainable development of the real economy and the realization of a green transformation. Previous studies have paid less attention to the relationship between dividend payments and the persistence of...
Enhancing corporate green innovation persistence plays a vital role in shifting economic and social development toward greener, low-carbon models. This study treats the environmental protection tax (EPT) as an external institutional shock to the corp...
Enhancing the persistence of corporate green innovation is crucial for promoting sustainable societal development. As big data technologies and related policies advance, digitalization emerges as an effective enabler of green innovation in enterprise...
This study examines whether patient capital promotes the persistence of corporate green innovation and, if so, through what mechanism. Drawing on a panel of 21,811 firm-year observations for 3495 Chinese A-share listed firms from 2010 to 2022, we con...
Based on the strategy tripod framework, this study identifies 27 feature variables that influence the persistence of enterprise green innovation. In addition, utilizing data from Chinese listed enterprises between 2012 and 2022, this study employs ma...
With the rapid growth of the digital economy, the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has injected new momentum into persistent green innovation. Using data on Chinese A-share listed companies from 2010 to 2023, this article aims t...
Transition finance has emerged as a critical instrument for facilitating brown firms’ sustainable transformation, yet its heterogeneous effects across different stages of corporate development remain underexplored. This study develops a novel g...
Drawing on China’s Green Factory initiative and data from Chinese A-share listed manufacturing firms in the Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2012 to 2024, this study employs a staggered difference-in-differences model to examine the effect of green i...
Green innovation is an important approach to achieving ecologically sustainable development. However, the paradox surrounding enterprises’ willingness to engage in green innovation persists in discussions. Using a sample of listed firms from 20...
This study examines the influence of green technology innovation on employment in enterprises and explores the potential mechanisms behind this impact, which is critical to understanding the social impact of the green transition in the climate change...
Manufacturing firms face a persistent challenge in green transition: environmental spending does not automatically generate meaningful innovation. This study examines how environmental protection investment affects green innovation performance throug...
This paper uses the panel data of A-share listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from 2008 to 2019 as the original sample and uses panel two-way fixed-effect, panel Tobit and mediation effect models to study the impacts of poli...
This study explores the influence of the accountability system on corporate green innovation. Using data on Chinese A-share-listed companies from 2013 to 2022, we found that the accountability system significantly promotes green innovations in state-...
Green innovation is crucial to the sustainable development of corporates. The executive’s environmental protection background has an impact on their comprehensive skills, value orientation, management style, and behavioral patterns, thus playin...
In the context of global industrial chain decarbonization, the perpetuation of corporate green innovation has emerged as a linchpin for sustaining a competitive advantage in the pursuit of environmental sustainability. Employing a panel data framewor...
This study employs a comparative fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to examine the combined effects of traditional factors and green patents on innovation performance in Chinese listed agricultural enterprises, offering insights into...
As the producers of environmental pollution, it is urgent for enterprises to make up for their lack of environmental responsibility and to realize green transformation and development. At the same time, resource dependence is promoted from the single...
This study explores the role of persistence in eco-innovative (EI) activities in enhancing firms’ resilience during crises, focusing on the Spanish food and beverage industry. It distinguishes between two types of eco-innovators: efficiency-foc...
This research centers on one of northern China’s most crucial economic regions—the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei urban agglomeration. This paper primarily addresses the present circumstances, developments, and obstacles pertaining to...
In transforming emerging economies, the historical origins of family firms can be traced either to the restructuring of SOEs or to direct establishment. Drawing on imprinting theory and intergenerational family governance, this study investigates how...
The building industry, as one of the fundamental and pivotal sectors of economic development in China, is also a high source of pollution emissions. Therefore, construction enterprises play a pivotal role in urban low-carbon development, and green in...
Against a backdrop of tightening environmental regulations and escalating climate-related risks, the construction sector faces mounting pressure to improve both its sustainability performance and long-term resilience. As a market-oriented institution...
This research examines the impact of digital transformation on green innovation across different regions in China, using data from the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets from 2007 to 2022. The study reveals that digital transformation significantly...
Measuring national progress toward green transformation remains challenging due to fragmented assessment frameworks. This study develops and validates a Green Transformation Index that captures the capacity for sustainability transitions by integrati...
This research paper examines the spillover effect of ESG performance on green innovation behavior in companies within the same industry. The study specifically focuses on listed companies on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange bet...
Many current studies have purely regarded green finance as green credit, ignoring the background of carbon neutrality and energy transition. This paper investigates the relationships among green finance, green technological innovation, and urban ecol...
This study examines the relationship between green financial development, green innovation, and resource productivity in 27 European Union member states over the period 2000–2020. To capture green financial development more comprehensively, the...
In the context of the global pursuit of the ‘carbon neutrality’ objective, Chinese enterprises are proactively advancing green development and low-carbon transformation. Among these efforts, climate transition risks have emerged as a cruc...
Green bonds represent a compelling financial innovation that presents a financial perspective solution to address climate change and promote sustainable development. On the other hand, the recent process of financialisation of commodities disrupts th...
Ecologically fragile and economically underdeveloped mountainous regions face the dual challenge of pursuing catch-up development while maintaining ecological security. Although scientific and technological innovation is widely viewed as a key driver...
China’s dual-carbon targets necessitate a transition toward a greener, safer, and more efficient energy system; however, substantial disparities persist across provinces. This study evaluates high-quality energy development across 30 Chinese pr...
China’s rapid urbanization has exposed a growing gap between economic growth and development quality, highlighting the urgent need for high-quality urban advancement. This study constructed a comprehensive evaluation system to effectively measu...
The European Union Framework Programmes constitute one of the main instruments for promoting research and innovation at a supranational scale. Although their linkages with scientific and technological output are widely recognized, empirical evidence...
Using panel data from 30 Chinese provinces spanning 2011–2024, this study assesses the digitalization and green transformation of fisheries using the entropy-weighted TOPSIS method and the super-efficiency epsilon-based measure (EBM) model, res...
Pesticide residues from agrochemicals pose significant environmental and public health risks due to their persistence and widespread contamination of soil, water, and crops. The persistent challenge of pesticide contamination requires innovative and...
This study examines whether digital–intelligent technology innovation supports sustainable urban transition by improving urban pollution–carbon synergy in China. Using panel data for 278 prefecture-level cities from 2012 to 2023, we measu...
The green economy and the broader green transition have become central themes in global sustainability efforts, reflecting a strategic shift in addressing environmental challenges through economic transformation. This study provides a systematic bibl...
Against the backdrop of China’s “dual carbon” strategy and regional integration, enhancing green innovation efficiency (GIE) has become a core issue for the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration (YRDUA) in achieving sustainable an...
Due to the heightened flood risk resulting from climate change, innovative and advanced green building materials are required to enhance the durability and biological resistance of concrete structures exposed to persistent moisture. This study invest...
The logistics industry remains a critical bottleneck for decarbonization due to its extensive physical networks and high-carbon path dependencies. To address the spatial heterogeneity and transition constraints in the logistics industry of China, thi...
The transition to a green economy requires a workforce equipped with green skills to meet the demands of sustainable development and environmental stewardship. This study investigates the alignment between university educational outcomes and industry...
Green hydrogen has the potential to contribute to the decarbonization of the fossil fuel industry, and its development is expected to increase in the coming years. The social dynamics among the various actors in the green hydrogen sector are studied...
Digitalization and greening are two fundamental forces shaping the current technological revolution and industrial transformation, serving as key pathways for nations to achieve sustainable development goals. Drawing on panel data from 30 Chinese pro...
This study offers a comprehensive analysis of the performance and systemic dynamics of green finance investments in environmentally sustainable technologies from 2000 to 2025, complemented by scenario-based projections extending to 2050. Empirical re...
Against the backdrop of China’s dual-carbon goals and the global push toward net-zero emissions, Macao faces not only an innovation deficit but also the urgent need to reconfigure its economic structure toward green and low-carbon development....
In the context of global efforts to achieve sustainable development and carbon neutrality, improving industrial energy efficiency has become a cornerstone of green transformation. This study examines how corporate AI-related disclosure intensity is a...
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the recent green innovations in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for sustainable food analysis. It outlines the principles of green analytical chemistry and examines advances such as eco-f...
Against the backdrop of intensifying climate change and stricter carbon-neutrality targets, improving logistics green innovation performance (GIP) is essential for low-carbon transformation. However, existing studies largely emphasize contemporaneous...
Environmental regulatory policies are crucial to the high-quality development of China’s economy. Can central environmental protection inspection, another major innovation in China’s environmental regulation policy, significantly contribu...
This study examines the determinants of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions across 25 European Union countries over the period 2000–2021, with particular emphasis on the roles of environmental taxation and green innovation in shaping environmental s...
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