Does cooperation stimulate firms’ eco-innovation? Firm-level evidence from China

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作者：
Sanfeng Zhang
Xinyue Xu
Feng Wang
Jian Zhang
机构：
[1] Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology,School of Business
[2] Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology,Development Institute of Jiangbei New Area
[3] Central University of Finance and Economics,School of Government
来源：
Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 2022年 / 29卷
关键词：
Horizontal cooperation; Vertical cooperation; Mixed cooperation; Eco-innovation; Knowledge spillovers;
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摘要：
Firms’ collaborative activities have created increasing opportunities for eco-innovation in modern society. Based on unbalanced panel data from the Chinese National Innovation Survey between 2011 and 2015, this paper explored the influences of different modes of cooperation, i.e., vertical cooperation, horizontal cooperation, and mixed cooperation, on the eco-innovation of Chinese manufacturing firms. The results indicated that three types of cooperation all had positive and statistically significant effects on the firms’ eco-innovation, and mixed cooperation had promoted eco-innovation more dramatically. The extent of such impacts may vary depending on the heterogeneity of the characteristic of enterprises. We also verified that knowledge spillovers from cooperative partners have played a mediating role between cooperation and eco-innovation. Our results suggest the potential benefits of diversified collaborative activities and appropriate intellectual property protection for firms’ eco-innovation in China.
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页码：78052 / 78068
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