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Digital economy, peer influence, and persistent green innovation of firms: a mixed embeddedness perspective

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Persistent green innovation helps enterprises save energy, reduce pollution, and continue to gain economic benefits. However, existing studies explored the economic and organizational factors influencing firms’ persistent green innovation while neglecting peer influence in the digital economy. This study examines the impact of digital economy and peer influence on persistent green innovation using data of Chinese-listed companies from 2011 to 2019. The results show that digital economy and peer influence positively affect persistent green innovation. Moreover, digital economy plays a competitive mediating role between peer influence and persistent green innovation. The results of further research show that both the time lag term of peer influence and spatial lag term of digital economy affect persistent green innovation. This study incorporates the three-level elements of enterprise, peer, and city into a unified framework, providing theoretical reference and practical guidance for green innovation to enhance the competitive advantage of enterprises.

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Results of the spatial autocorrelation test

Year

Moran’s I

z

p-value

Geary’s C

z

p-value

2011

0.187***

21.216

0.000

0.781***

−3.279

0.001

2012

0.194***

21.963

0.000

0.75***

−4.111

0.000

2013

0.199***

22.495

0.000

0.77***

−4.061

0.000

2014

0.203***

22.933

0.000

0.773***

−4.415

0.000

2015

0.249***

28.163

0.000

0.753***

−4726

0.000

2016

0.221***

24.939

0.000

0.802***

−3.822

0.000

2017

0.189***

21.34

0.000

0.82***

−3.585

0.000

2018

0.196***

22.113

0.000

0.807***

−4.198

0.000

2019

0.214***

24.136

0.000

0.756***

−5.708

0.000

  1. ***p < 0.01

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Gu, J. Digital economy, peer influence, and persistent green innovation of firms: a mixed embeddedness perspective. Environ Sci Pollut Res 31, 13883–13896 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-32024-7

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