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Title The S-shaped relationship between R&D investment and green innovation after cross-border merge and acquisition: evidence from China
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Authors Li, JJ; Wu, XM
Title The S-shaped relationship between R&D investment and green innovation after cross-border merge and acquisition: evidence from China
Year 2022
Published Environmental Science And Pollution Research, 29, 36
DOI 10.1007/s11356-022-19739-1
Abstract In the economic transition process, emerging markets are recognizing the importance of accessing sophisticated technologies to green innovation. After cross-border merge and acquisition (M&A), research and development (R&D) investment has become the basic condition for acquiring mature market technologies. Many studies suggest that R&D can promote green innovation. However, in the context of cross-border M&A, the relationship between R&D and green innovation is more complicated. Based on the knowledge-based view and stakeholder theory, this paper takes 230 cross-border M&A events at Chinese enterprises as samples. The conclusions show that instead of a linear relation, the influence of R&D input on green innovation performance after cross-border M&A is in an "S-shape"; the political connection and institutional distance of enterprises play a negative role in promoting the relationship between R&D input and green innovation performance after cross-border M&A.
Author Keywords Green innovation; R&D investment; Cross-border m&a; Political connection; Institutional distance
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000771353900002
WoS Category Environmental Sciences
Research Area Environmental Sciences & Ecology
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