Zhang Sanfeng, Xu Xinyue, Wang Feng, Zhang Jian
School of Business, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China.
Development Institute of Jiangbei New Area, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Nov;29(51):78052-78068. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-21296-6. Epub 2022 Jun 11.
Firms' collaborative activities have created increasing opportunities for eco-innovation in modern society. Based on unbalanced panel data from the Chinese National Innovation Survey between 2011 and 2015, this paper explored the influences of different modes of cooperation, i.e., vertical cooperation, horizontal cooperation, and mixed cooperation, on the eco-innovation of Chinese manufacturing firms. The results indicated that three types of cooperation all had positive and statistically significant effects on the firms' eco-innovation, and mixed cooperation had promoted eco-innovation more dramatically. The extent of such impacts may vary depending on the heterogeneity of the characteristic of enterprises. We also verified that knowledge spillovers from cooperative partners have played a mediating role between cooperation and eco-innovation. Our results suggest the potential benefits of diversified collaborative activities and appropriate intellectual property protection for firms' eco-innovation in China.
企业的合作活动为现代社会的生态创新创造了越来越多的机会。基于2011年至2015年中国国家创新调查的非平衡面板数据，本文探讨了不同合作模式，即纵向合作、横向合作和混合合作，对中国制造业企业生态创新的影响。结果表明，三种合作类型对企业的生态创新均具有积极且在统计上显著的影响，并且混合合作对生态创新的促进作用更为显著。这种影响的程度可能因企业特征的异质性而有所不同。我们还验证了合作伙伴的知识溢出在合作与生态创新之间起到了中介作用。我们的研究结果表明了多元化合作活动以及适当的知识产权保护对中国企业生态创新的潜在益处。
