As China's economic restructuring and industrial upgrading advances, hard technology innovation has become a critical driving force for promoting industrial transformation and enhancing corporate market competitiveness. This study focuses on semiconductor listed enterprises from the Shanghai and...

Sustainability, which addresses inequality and resource scarcity, has become a central concern for scholars, entrepreneurs and policymakers. However, the interrelationships between different components of regional sustainability in the innovation ecosystem remain underexplored. Grounded in...

Digitization has reshaped corporate innovation. However, few studies have explored how companies can fully incentivize their human capital in the digital transformation process to improve innovation capabilities. To address this gap, this study proposes a configurational framework that...

Green technology innovation (GTI) is crucial for enhancing the resource utilization of construction and demolition waste (CDW). However, consumer resistance to products made from recycled CDW significantly constrains their advancement. Existing studies largely emphasize government policies and...

Over the years, the over-extraction and unsustainable utilization of natural resources has started to pose a severe environmental risk, necessitating immediate action on issues related to climate change. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between natural resources rent and...

Smart energy transformation processes include the use of innovative energy technologies and infrastructure and contribute to decreasing the environmental load by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing the quality of service to consumers, ensuring a stable and uninterrupted supply of...

Using panel data encompassing 282 cities across China from 2010 to 2022, this study delves into the ramifications of government environmental concern on green technological innovation, with a focus on intellectual property (IP) protection. It elucidates the mechanisms through which government...

This study investigates the interaction effects of digital platforms and technological innovation on economic growth in China, drawing upon innovation diffusion theory (IDT) and system dynamics theory (SDT) as the theoretical foundation. Digital platforms are proxied by electronic payment and...

Gender equality and economic growth have historically tended to move together yet identifying causal effects has been difficult. This paper uses data on the support for female suffrage in Switzerland in order to explore the impact of technology adoption on gender norms. We argue that the early...