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Title Evaluation of Green Industry Innovation Efficiency Based on Three-Stage DEA Model: A Case Study of Chinese Information Technology Industry
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Authors Zhang, YL; An, YH; Wang, Y
Title Evaluation of Green Industry Innovation Efficiency Based on Three-Stage DEA Model: A Case Study of Chinese Information Technology Industry
Year 2023
Published Sustainability, 15, 8
DOI 10.3390/su15086368
Abstract The information technology industry as a new engine driving China's economy has made more and more contributions to Chinese sustainable development. At present, it has overtaken real estate as the new cradle of Chinese billionaires. The information technology industry not only has its own characteristics of high economic, social benefits, and small impact on the ecological environment, but also can enable the green development of the economy and society. So it is the core industry to support the realization of the "double carbon" goal. This paper evaluated the innovation efficiency of 80 enterprises in the software and information technology service from 2017 to 2018 by constructing a three-stage DEA model. It puts forward countermeasures, which points out the direction for the development of environmental protection and green low-carbon industry. Empirical results show that environmental variables have different effects on innovation efficiency. After excluding the influence of environmental and random factors, the increase in innovation efficiency, while generally significant, is not high. Low innovation efficiency is caused by both pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency, especially pure technical efficiency. Enterprises' adjusted scale returns are mostly increasing; the innovation investment scale is not optimal. Regional differences of enterprise innovation exist; the East and Midwest have obvious polarization both in quantity and quality. These results quantify the effect of the factors affecting enterprise innovation efficiency and put forward policies and suggestions for promoting the development of China's information technology industry accordingly.
Author Keywords information technology industry; enterprise innovation; three-stage DEA model
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000978179400001
WoS Category Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies
Research Area Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/8/6368/pdf?version=1680865399
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