The impact of Industrial Internet on provincial eco-innovation performance: empirical evidence from China

ABSTRACT

Using panel data of 30 provinces in the Chinese mainland from 2013 to 2021, this study explores the impact of Industrial Internet (II) on provincial eco-innovation performance, as well as the roles played by ecologization of industrial structure and green investment in the impact. The study finds that II has a positive impact on provincial eco-innovation performance. The ecologization of industrial structure plays a partial mediating role in the impact of II on provincial eco-innovation performance. Green investment plays a moderating role in the impact of II on provincial eco-innovation performance.

KEYWORDS:

• Industrial Internet
• provincial eco-innovation performance
• ecologization of industrial structure
• green investment

JEL CLASSIFICATION:

• O14
• O33
• Q55
• Q56
• R11

Acknowledgements

We are thankful for the suggestions and efforts from the reviewers and editors.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest is reported by the author(s).

Author contributions

Jianhong Fan is responsible for research framework design and manuscript writing. Jianing Zhang is responsible for data analysis and manuscript writing. Jiaxuan Zhang participates in data compilation and is responsible for manuscript revision. All authors contribute to the study.

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All authors agree to publish the paper.

Data availability statement

The data on green invention patents can be obtained from the China National Intellectual Property Administration. The other data can be obtained from China Statistical Yearbook (2014–2022), China Statistical Yearbook on Science and Technology (2014–2022), China Statistical Yearbook on Environment (2014–2022), and the statistical yearbooks of each province.

Correction Statement

This article has been corrected with minor changes. These changes do not impact the academic content of the article.

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Funding

This study is supported by the General Program of the National Social Science Fund of China “A Study on the Impact of Reverse Internationalization on the Innovational Performance of Chinese Export-oriented Enterprise” (Grant No. 20BGL049)