Abstract
The purpose of the “Made in China 2025” strategy is to enhance the innovation capabilities of the local manufacturing industry and achieve green and sustainable development. The role of innovation in the development of manufacturing is a hotspot in academic research, though only a few studies have analyzed the interaction between green technology manufacturing efficiency and its external innovation capabilities. This study used the 2011–2017 Chinese A-share listed manufacturing companies as samples to discuss whether regional innovation capabilities can promote the improvement of green technology manufacturing efficiency. The results showed that a significant spatial correlation between regional innovation capability and green technology manufacturing efficiency was prevalent within spatial heterogeneous bounds. In addition, regional innovation capability directly promoted the effective manufacturing of green technology efficiency, which was strongest in the eastern region of the country. Regional innovation capabilities also had a positive effect on human capital and government revenue, thereby further enhancing the green technology efficiency of manufacturing through the intermediary effect. Based on the above conclusions, some policy recommendations are put forward to facilitate the improvement of China’s regional innovation capabilities in terms of green technology efficiency in manufacturing.
Highlights
Over the past few decades, many countries have begun to take sustainable action in anticipation of environmental backlash [1]
The results showed that the Moran’s I estimates passed the significance level test with a confidence level of 99%, indicating that China’s green technology manufacturing efficiency and urban innovation capacity were spatially clustered
The results showed that regional innovation capacity had a positive effect on government revenue
Summary
Over the past few decades, many countries have begun to take sustainable action in anticipation of environmental backlash [1]. Global climate change is the basis for a universal awareness of environmental protection for future generations. It encourages innovation in various facets of human life. Previous research from India highlighted that changes within the energy industry strongly interlinked energy, population, and urbanization [2]. In terms of reducing environmental impacts, the emergence of “green innovation” has increasingly become a popular trend in research, as well as a point of discussion for academics, industry partners, and politicians alike [3,4]. Schiederig et al [5]
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