Tao Chunhai, Zhan Chengyi
School of Statistics and Data Science, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, China.
School of Digital Economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, China.
Sci Prog. 2025 Jan-Mar;108(1):368504251330709. doi: 10.1177/00368504251330709. Epub 2025 Mar 25.
Cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) represents a digitized form of international business that provides enterprises with an opportunity to enhance their innovation of green technologies. This paper explores the impact of CBEC on the green technological innovations (GTIs) among enterprises by examining China's CBEC Pilot Zone as a quasi-natural experiment. We employ panel data from China's A-share listed companies covering the period from 2011 to 2022 and implement a staggered difference-in-differences model for our analysis. The results of the study indicate that CBEC fosters the GTI and enhances both the quantity and percentage of green patents held by enterprises. These results remain robust after robustness tests and account for the effects of heterogeneity treatment. Heterogeneity analysis shows that this positive effect is particularly pronounced among large firms, non-state-owned firms, highly polluting industries, and firms in inland areas. Mechanism studies demonstrate that alleviating financial constraints and enhancing absorptive capacity are two crucial channels through which CBEC fosters GTI in firms. Notably, absorptive capacity significantly moderates the firm's information advantage, amplifying the effectiveness of this process.
跨境电子商务（CBEC）是一种数字化的国际商务形式，为企业提供了增强绿色技术创新的机会。本文以中国跨境电子商务试验区为准自然实验，探讨了跨境电子商务对企业绿色技术创新（GTIs）的影响。我们使用了2011年至2022年期间中国A股上市公司的面板数据，并实施了交错差分模型进行分析。研究结果表明，跨境电子商务促进了绿色技术创新，提高了企业持有绿色专利的数量和比例。经过稳健性检验并考虑异质性处理的影响后，这些结果仍然稳健。异质性分析表明，这种积极影响在大公司、非国有企业、高污染行业和内陆地区的公司中尤为明显。机制研究表明，缓解融资约束和提高吸收能力是跨境电子商务促进企业绿色技术创新的两个关键渠道。值得注意的是，吸收能力显著调节了企业的信息优势，放大了这一过程的有效性。
