The Impact of Energy Prices on Green Innovation

The demand for energy consumption requires efficient financial development in terms of bank credit. Therefore, this study examines the nexus between Financial Development, Economic Growth, Energy Prices and Energy Consumption in India, utilizing Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) technique to determine the nature of short and long term relationships from 2010 to 2019. The estimation of results indicates that a one percent increase in bank credits to private sector results in 0.10 percent increase in energy consumption and 0.28 percent increase in energy consumption responses to 1 percent increase in economic growth. It is also observed that the impact of energy price proxied by consumer price index is statistically significant with a negative sign indicating the consistency with the theory.

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Does a carbon emissions trading scheme spur urban green innovation? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China

Energy & Environment ◽

10.1177/0958305x211015327 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 0958305X2110153

Author(s):

Chao Li ◽

Xiangyou Li ◽

Deyong Song ◽

Meng Tian

Keyword(s):

Energy Conservation ◽

Alternative Energy ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Emission Trading ◽

Green Innovation ◽

Urban Green ◽

Carbon Emissions Trading ◽

The Government ◽

Trading Scheme ◽

The Impact

Based on the panel data of 277 cities between 2003 and 2017 and a unique city-level dataset of green patent applications, this study employs the difference-in-differences (DID) method to evaluate the effect of China’s carbon emission trading scheme (ETS) pilots on urban green innovation. The findings indicate that China’s ETS pilots have a positive impact on urban green innovation, and that impact is more significant for municipalities than for prefecture-level cities. Furthermore, the impact on different categories of urban green innovation is heterogeneous. More specifically, China’s ETS pilots have significantly spurred urban green innovation that is closely related to energy conservation and emission reduction, including alternative energy production, transportation, energy conservation and so forth. Moreover, the facilitating effect of China’s ETS pilots on urban green innovation suffers from a lagging effect, which began to show a significant positive effect in 2016. Overall, this paper identifies the effect of China’s ETS pilots on urban green innovation, and suggests that the government should consider the heterogeneity of urban green innovation when designing national ETS policies.

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Environmental Management, Green Innovation, and Social–Open Innovation

Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity ◽

10.3390/joitmc7010089 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 89

Author(s):

Pham Thu Huong ◽

Jacob Cherian ◽

Nguyen Thi Hien ◽

Muhammad Safdar Sial ◽

Sarminah Samad ◽

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Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Stock Exchange ◽

Advanced Technology ◽

Green Innovation ◽

Social Image ◽

Whole Process ◽

Corporate Environmental Management ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

The present study aims to determine the impact of green innovation (GI) on the overall performance of an organization while keeping the variable of environmental management (EM) as a moderator. We used a dataset consisting of four data years, from 2014 to 2017, of A-share companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE). The concept of green innovation refers to the use of advancements in technology that enable savings in energy, along with the recycling of waste material. When advanced technology is utilized in the production process, the products are referred to as green products and the whole process of adopting such technologies and product design is referred to as “Corporate Environmental Management”. Such innovations improve the overall financial performance of companies as it enables them to improve their social image by reducing their carbon footprint and ensures their long-term sustainability. The main issue is the limited focus and attention given to the topic, from the perspective of companies. This research focuses on the impact of green innovation and the importance of environmental management for the sustainability of companies. Our findings suggest that the relationship between green innovation and the performance of the company is positive and verifies the existence of moderating effects of environmental management on the relationship between green innovation and firm performance. Implications are given to academia and practitioners.

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Stock Market Liberalization and Corporate Green Innovation: Evidence from China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18073412 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (7) ◽

pp. 3412

Author(s):

Yuming Zhang ◽

Juanjuan Zhang ◽

Zhang Cheng

Keyword(s):

Stock Market ◽

Natural Experiment ◽

Financial Behavior ◽

Mechanism Analysis ◽

Market Liberalization ◽

Green Innovation ◽

Securities Analysts ◽

Stock Market Liberalization ◽

The Impact ◽

Practical Implications

Corporate green innovation is an effective way to achieve energy conservation and emission reduction. Enterprises’ willingness to pursue green innovation is increasingly affected by external factors. By using a quasi-natural experiment of China’s Stock Connect program, we investigate the impact of stock market liberalization on corporate green innovation. We find that stock market liberalization increases enterprises’ green innovation, especially for state-owned enterprises. We also find that stock market liberalization plays a stronger role in promoting the green invention patents of enterprises whose managers have overseas experience and enterprises in areas with a higher degree of openness. Our mechanism analysis suggests that stock market liberalization attracts the attention of securities analysts and increases managers’ focus on environmental protection, thereby promoting corporate green innovation. Our findings show that stock market liberalization plays an important role in the governance of firms’ non-financial behavior, which has important theoretical and practical implications.

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The Impact of Innovation Vouchers on Green Innovation Efficiency

Academy of Management Proceedings ◽

10.5465/ambpp.2021.156 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (1) ◽

pp. 14580

Author(s):

Ruirui Zhao ◽

Agnieszka Radziwon

Keyword(s):

Green Innovation ◽

The Impact

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ENERGY IN A MODEL OF FIRM ENTRY

Macroeconomic Dynamics ◽

10.1017/s1365100518000159 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 231-254

Author(s):

Soma Patra

Keyword(s):

Negative Impact ◽

The United States ◽

Energy Price ◽

Firm Entry ◽

Energy Prices ◽

Dsge Model ◽

Price Shocks ◽

Firm Level ◽

Dynamic Stochastic ◽

The Impact

Nine out of the last ten recessions in the United States have been preceded by an increase in the price of oil as noted by Hamilton [Palgrave Dictionary of Economics]. Given the small share of energy in gross domestic product this phenomenon is difficult to explain using standard models. In this paper, I show that firm entry can be an important transmission and amplifying channel for energy price shocks. The results from the baseline dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model predict a drop in output that is two times the impact in a model without entry. The model also predicts an increase in energy prices would lead to a decline in real wages, investment, consumption, and return on investment. Additionally, using US firm level data, I demonstrate that a rise in energy prices has a negative impact on firm entry as predicted by the DSGE model. This lends further support toward endogenizing firm entry when analyzing the effects of energy price shocks.

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An Empirical Study on Green Innovation Strategy and Sustainable Competitive Advantages: Path and Boundary

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10103631 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 3631 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Baoshan Ge ◽

Yibing Yang ◽

Dake Jiang ◽

Yang Gao ◽

Xiaomin Du ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dynamic Capabilities ◽

Environmental Uncertainty ◽

Reference Value ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Management Theory ◽

Innovation Strategy ◽

Competitive Advantages ◽

Green Innovation ◽

Sustainable Competitive Advantages ◽

The Impact

Although green innovation strategy (GIS) is the driving force for the sustainable development of enterprises, while the strategy is implemented, an increased cost and a change in organizational routines will cause an organization to become fragile, and even affect the sustainable competitive advantages. So, the purpose of this paper is to explore the impact path of GIS on sustainable competitive advantages and the implementation boundary of GIS. To explain the impact path, we consider the concept of dynamic capabilities to be the mediator variable. To explain the implementation boundary of GIS, we systematically explore the relationships among GIS, dynamic capabilities and sustainable competitive advantages under different levels of environmental uncertainty. Based on 241 new Chinese green firms, the empirical results find that GIS helps enterprises to gain sustainable competitive advantages. However, in the process of strategy implementation, enterprises should choose appropriate methods according to different degrees of environmental uncertainty. In a low environmental uncertainty, dynamic capabilities play a full intermediary role between GIS and sustainable competitive advantages. However, in a high environmental uncertainty, dynamic capabilities have no mediating effect between GIS and sustainable competitive advantages. This study not only integrates green management theory and strategic management theory but also makes up for the deficiencies in research on these theories and has important reference value for enterprises that seek to carry out green innovation activities.

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Research on Green Innovation of the Great Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan City Group Based on Network

Land ◽

10.3390/land10111198 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. 1198

Author(s):

Lu Wang ◽

Wenzhong Ye ◽

Lingming Chen

Keyword(s):

Network Structure ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Government Support ◽

Green Innovation ◽

Urban Agglomerations ◽

Network Scale ◽

Low Efficiency ◽

The Impact ◽

City Group

This article aims to promote the high-quality development of the Great Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan City Group and improve the green innovation efficiency of urban agglomeration. This article takes green innovation in networked urban agglomerations as its research subject. Furthermore, it analyzes the impact of network structure characteristics such as network scale and network structure hole on green innovation in urban agglomerations. Moreover, this study uses the unexpected output SBM model to measure green innovation efficiency of the eight prefecture-level cities in the Great Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan City Group from 2012 to 2018 and analyzes its influencing factors using the panel Tobit model. The results show that the overall green innovation efficiency of the Great Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan City Group is stable. The distribution of urban green innovation efficiency in the region is characterized by urban gradient and mid-stream drive. In the process of networked innovation, economic development, which has a positive impact on green innovation, promotes the overall effectiveness of the network structure. The low efficiency of urban educational resources, which has a negative impact on green innovation, leads to the redundancy of a network scale. The unapparent advantage of industrial structures, which have a negative impact on the development of green innovation, leads to the insufficient depth and breadth of network openness. Lastly, government support and the level of infrastructure have no impact on green innovation.

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The Impact of Green Credit on the Green Innovation Level of Heavy-Polluting Enterprises—Evidence from China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph19020650 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 650

Author(s):

Zhifeng Zhang ◽

Hongyan Duan ◽

Shuangshuang Shan ◽

Qingzhi Liu ◽

Wenhui Geng

Keyword(s):

Natural Experiment ◽

Double Difference ◽

Credit Policy ◽

Green Innovation ◽

Innovation Activities ◽

Corporate Credit ◽

Credit Financing ◽

The Cost ◽

The Impact

This article uses the “Green Credit Guidelines” promulgated in 2012 as an example to construct a quasi-natural experiment and uses the double difference method to test the impact of the implementation of the “Green Credit Guidelines” on the green innovation activities of heavy-polluting enterprises. The study found that, in comparison to non-heavy polluting enterprises, the implementation of green credit policies inhibited the green innovation of all heavy-polluting enterprises. In the analysis of heterogeneity, this restraint effect did not differ significantly due to the nature of property rights and the company’s size. The mechanism test showed that green credit policy limits the efficiency of business investment and increases the cost of financing business debt. Eliminating corporate credit financing, particularly long-term borrowing, negatively impacts the green innovation behavior of listed companies.

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