Digital Transformation and Green Innovation in Enterprises
Summary
Digital transformation entails the integration of digital technologies—such as artificial intelligence, big data analytics, cloud computing and the Internet of Things—into all facets of enterprise operations, enabling process optimisation, resource efficiency and new service models. Green innovation encompasses the development and deployment of products, processes and practices that reduce environmental impact and promote sustainability. Together, these trends create a virtuous cycle in which data-driven insights inform cleaner production methods, enhance supply-chain transparency and enable real-time monitoring of emissions. By aligning digital capabilities with environmental objectives, firms can reduce carbon footprints, comply with tightening regulations and unlock competitive advantages through novel sustainable offerings. Building dynamic capabilities allows organisations to reconfigure their resources continuously, respond to emerging sustainability challenges and sustain long-term value creation in a low-carbon economy.
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Technical terms
Digital transformation: the comprehensive integration of digital technologies into an organisation’s processes, culture and customer interactions to enhance performance and innovation.
Green innovation: the creation and application of new or improved products, processes or practices that reduce environmental impacts and support sustainable development.
Dynamic capabilities: an organisation’s ability to integrate, build and reconfigure internal and external competences rapidly in response to changing environments.
Panel data model: an econometric approach using observations on multiple entities over several time periods to analyse the relationships between variables more effectively than cross-sectional or time-series data alone.
References
- Corporate digitalization and green innovation: Evidence from textual analysis of firm annual reports and corporate green patent data in China. Business Strategy and the Environment (2024).
- Digital Transformation on Enterprise Green Innovation: Effect and Transmission Mechanism. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022).
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