企业数字化转型与绿色创新关系:一项基于TOE框架的元分析

The Relationship between Digital Transformation and Green Innovation: A Meta-analysis Based on TOE Framework

摘要:

数字化转型是企业获取竞争优势的重要来源,在促进企业实现绿色高质量发展方面发挥重要作用。本文基于TOE(Technology-Organization-Environment)框架,41篇实证文献,68602个独立样本中的41个效应值,应用元分析方法从技术维度、组织维度和环境维度对数字化转型与企业绿色创新之间的关系展开分析,进而探究了文化背景、行业类型、变量衡量方式及绿色导向水平在两者关系中的调节效应。结果显示:①数字化转型与企业绿色创新存在显著的正相关关系;数字化转型技术维度、组织维度和环境维度均对绿色创新存在显著正向影响；②从文化背景看,处于西方文化背景下的企业,数字化转型对绿色创新的影响更加显著;③从变量衡量方式来看,数字化转型采用主观方式衡量时,数字化转型对绿色创新的影响更为显著;④从绿色导向水平看,绿色导向水平越高的国家,数字化转型对绿色创新的提升作用更加显著;⑤在不同的行业类型中,数字化转型对绿色创新的影响不显著。研究结论丰富和细化了数字化转型与绿色创新之间关系的现有研究成果,对于未来进行纵向研究和情景化研究具有一定的启示意义,同时也为数字化转型背景下促进企业绿色创新发展提供一定的管理依据。

Abstract:

Digital transformation serves as a key driver of competitive advantage and plays a vital role in advancing green and high-quality development. Based on the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework, a meta-analysis of 41 empirical studies (covering 68602 independent samples and 41 effect sizes) was conducted to investigate the relationship between digital transformation and corporate green innovation, focusing on the technological, organizational, and environmental dimensions. The moderating role of various contextual factors were then examined. The findings reveal digital transformation is strongly correlated with corporate green innovation. The influence of digital transformation on green innovation is not significant in different industry. Each dimension (technology, organization, and environment) exerts a significant positive influence on green innovation. Notably, digital transformation’s impact on green innovation is more pronounced within firms rooted in Western cultural contexts. The relationship is stronger when digital transformation is assessed using subjective measures. Higher levels of green orientation heighten the efficacy of digital transformation in driving green innovation. It augments and refines existing literature, offering valuable insights for future vertical and contextual inquiries. Furthermore, it furnishes managerial foundations for advancing green innovation within enterprises amid the era of digital transformation.