The impact of technology transfer on the green innovation efficiency of Chinese high-tech industry
Promoting technology transfer is an important strategic measure for China to promote industrial innovation. However, there is little research exploring the influence of technology transfer on the green innovation efficiency (GIE) of China's high-tech industry (HTI). From the perspective of proc...
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| description | Promoting technology transfer is an important strategic measure for China to promote industrial innovation. However, there is little research exploring the influence of technology transfer on the green innovation efficiency (GIE) of China's high-tech industry (HTI). From the perspective of process, green innovation in HTI is a continuous three-stage system including research and development (R&D), commercialization, and diffusion. Therefore, we measure the GIE of China's HTI by using a three-stage network data envelopment analysis (NDEA) model considering environmental pollution and establish a series of regression models to investigate the role of the two main ways of technology transfer, domestic technology acquisition (DTA) and foreign technology introduction (FTI), in improving the GIE of HTI. The results show that the average GIE of China's HTI is 0.7727 from 2011 to 2020. Except for Jiangsu, Guangdong, Qinghai, and Xinjiang, green innovation in HTI in other provinces in China is inefficient. DTA has significantly promoted GIE in HTI. FTI has a positive impact on the GIE of HTI but is not statistically significant. The robustness test confirmed these results. This study is helpful to understand the differences between the effects of DTA and FTI on the GIE of China's HTI, to provide a basis for adjusting technology transfer policies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4467a05b27ab4359964d95066a31da902023-07-17T16:06:30ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sociology2297-77752023-07-01810.3389/fsoc.2023.11416161141616The impact of technology transfer on the green innovation efficiency of Chinese high-tech industryShuzhen Zhou0Feng Peng1China Three Gorges University Library, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, ChinaResearch Center for China Industry-University-Research Institute Collaboration of Wuhan University, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaPromoting technology transfer is an important strategic measure for China to promote industrial innovation. However, there is little research exploring the influence of technology transfer on the green innovation efficiency (GIE) of China's high-tech industry (HTI). From the perspective of process, green innovation in HTI is a continuous three-stage system including research and development (R&D), commercialization, and diffusion. Therefore, we measure the GIE of China's HTI by using a three-stage network data envelopment analysis (NDEA) model considering environmental pollution and establish a series of regression models to investigate the role of the two main ways of technology transfer, domestic technology acquisition (DTA) and foreign technology introduction (FTI), in improving the GIE of HTI. The results show that the average GIE of China's HTI is 0.7727 from 2011 to 2020. Except for Jiangsu, Guangdong, Qinghai, and Xinjiang, green innovation in HTI in other provinces in China is inefficient. DTA has significantly promoted GIE in HTI. FTI has a positive impact on the GIE of HTI but is not statistically significant. The robustness test confirmed these results. This study is helpful to understand the differences between the effects of DTA and FTI on the GIE of China's HTI, to provide a basis for adjusting technology transfer policies.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1141616/fullgreen innovation efficiencytechnology transferenvironmental pollutionhigh-tech industrythree-stage network data envelopment analysis |
| spellingShingle | Shuzhen Zhou Feng Peng The impact of technology transfer on the green innovation efficiency of Chinese high-tech industry Frontiers in Sociology green innovation efficiency technology transfer environmental pollution high-tech industry three-stage network data envelopment analysis |
| title | The impact of technology transfer on the green innovation efficiency of Chinese high-tech industry |
| title_full | The impact of technology transfer on the green innovation efficiency of Chinese high-tech industry |
| title_fullStr | The impact of technology transfer on the green innovation efficiency of Chinese high-tech industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of technology transfer on the green innovation efficiency of Chinese high-tech industry |
| title_short | The impact of technology transfer on the green innovation efficiency of Chinese high-tech industry |
| title_sort | impact of technology transfer on the green innovation efficiency of chinese high tech industry |
| topic | green innovation efficiency technology transfer environmental pollution high-tech industry three-stage network data envelopment analysis |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1141616/full |
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