Peng Yongtao, Chen Yihan, Hou Yanchao, Li Sujuan
School of Management, Jiangsu University, Xuefu Road 301, Zhenjiang, 212013, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Library of Hebei University of Engineering, No. 19 Taiji Road, Handan Economic and Technological Development Zone, 056038, Hebei, People's Republic of China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Dec;29(60):91268-91284. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-22090-0. Epub 2022 Jul 27.
Increasingly serious environmental problems are forcing many industries to gradually turn to green development, and green competitiveness has become the vision of policymakers and industry practitioners. The impact of the development of the logistics industry on the environment cannot be ignored, but the promotion path of its green competitiveness has not been fully studied. Based on Porter's diamond model, this study uses fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to explore the condition configuration of the logistics industry in 30 provincial regions in mainland China to enhance green competitiveness and effectively combine theory with practice. Factors considered include logistics technology innovation ability, logistics market demand, proportion of tertiary industry, management level of logistics enterprises, environmental regulation, and the internet. The results show that the green competitiveness of the logistics industry is influenced by many factors and cannot be sufficiently explained by a single factor. The findings point to three paths with equal authenticity to improve the green competitiveness of the logistics industry. By comparing the same types of high configuration and low configuration, this study finds that environmental regulation is an important external driving force for regions with low added value of output products, and for regions with certain geographical advantages and numerous logistics enterprises, in addition to the management level of logistics enterprises, support from the internet is also particularly important in improving the green competitiveness of logistics. These findings can provide a practical reference for the promotion of green competitiveness in the logistics industry in different regions.
日益严峻的环境问题正迫使许多行业逐渐转向绿色发展，绿色竞争力已成为政策制定者和行业从业者的愿景。物流业发展对环境的影响不容忽视，但其绿色竞争力的提升路径尚未得到充分研究。基于波特钻石模型，本研究运用模糊集定性比较分析方法，探究中国大陆30个省级地区物流业提升绿色竞争力的条件组态，实现理论与实践的有效结合。考虑的因素包括物流技术创新能力、物流市场需求、第三产业比重、物流企业管理水平、环境规制以及互联网。结果表明，物流业绿色竞争力受多种因素影响，单一因素无法充分解释。研究结果指出了三条提升物流业绿色竞争力的具有同等效度的路径。通过比较同类型的高组态和低组态，本研究发现，对于产出产品附加值较低的地区，环境规制是重要的外部驱动力；对于具有一定地理优势且物流企业众多的地区，除了物流企业管理水平外，互联网的支持在提升物流绿色竞争力方面也尤为重要。这些研究结果可为不同地区提升物流业绿色竞争力提供实践参考。
