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Can digital transformation promote green innovation in enterprises? the moderating effect of heterogeneous environmental regulations

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  • Qiong Sun
  • Zhongsheng Wang
  • Yu Sun
  • Xiankai Huang

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Currently, digital transformation is having various impacts on enterprises around the world, including the green innovation. However, the current literature on the relationship between digitalization and green innovation in enterprises is scarce. What is the relationship between them, and whether heterogeneous environmental regulation has mediating effects, are questions that are worth exploring. Using a sample of listed manufacturing enterprises in China, this paper empirically tests the impact of digital transformation on enterprise green innovation. The results show that: (1) Digital transformation has a significant positive impact on green innovation, including green innovation output and green innovation capability. (2) Diverse environmental regulation may have mediating effects of digital transformation’s influence on green innovation. (3) After a number of robustness tests, the conclusions are still valid. This paper can provide a reference for developing green development strategies for manufacturing enterprises.

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  • Qiong Sun & Zhongsheng Wang & Yu Sun & Xiankai Huang, 2024. "Can digital transformation promote green innovation in enterprises? the moderating effect of heterogeneous environmental regulations," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(6), pages 1-15, June.
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    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298191
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