Table 4 Influences of the market, government and technology dimensions of the GTIE–CE.

From: Explaining the changes in the green technology innovation efficiency of construction enterprises

Dimension

Factor

Definition

Data source

Market dimension

Market openness to the world

Foreign direct investment

(China’s National Bureau of Statistics, 2021)

Industrial structure of the construction industry

Construction output/total output

(China’s National Bureau of Statistics, 2021)

Size of construction enterprises

Number of construction enterprises

(China’s National Bureau of Statistics, 2021)

Government dimension

Environmental policy

Number of environmental policies

(China National Knowledge Infrastructure, 2022)

Innovation incentive policy

Local financial expenditure on science and technology

(China’s National Bureau of Statistics, 2021)

Technology dimension

Social innovation capability

Number of patent applications

(China’s National Bureau of Statistics, 2021)

R&D human resources

Number of researchers

(China’s National Bureau of Statistics, 2021)

People’s education level

Number of college students

(China’s National Bureau of Statistics, 2021)