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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Ecological Resilience, Industrial Digitization
and Green Technology Innovation: Synergistic
Development and Driving Mechanism
1
School of Economy and Management, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan City, Anhui Province, China
2
School of Management, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China
Submission date: 2024-05-28
Final revision date: 2024-08-17
Acceptance date: 2024-09-21
Online publication date: 2024-11-07
Publication date: 2025-11-04
Corresponding author
Chenglin Miao
School of Management, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China
School of Management, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(6):7933-7948
KEYWORDS
ecological resiliencegreen technology innovationindustrial digitalizationsynergistic developmentdriving mechanism
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
Synergistic development of eco-resilience, green technological innovation, and industrial
digitization can help to increase resource efficiency, reduce environmental impacts, and facilitate
industrial transformation, thereby contributing to the long-term sustainability of economic growth and
social well-being. Using the super-efficient SBM model and the CRITIC-TOPSIS model, this paper
measures the industrial digitalization efficiency, green technology innovation efficiency, and ecological
resilience of 30 provinces in China from 2011-2021. It also analyzes the synergistic development,
regional difference levels, and driving mechanisms of different regions using the coupled coordination
degree, Dagum's Gini coefficient, and spatial econometric model. Results show that the overall level
of synergistic development in most provinces is between mildly disordered and borderline disordered,
and the quantitative relationship between different regions is shown as Northeast>West>Central>East.
Meanwhile, the moderating effect of ecological resilience, green technology innovation, and industrial
digitalization enhancement on the synergistic development of the three is more significant than the
direct effect. Based on the econometric results, suggestions are made on the problems faced in the
process of synergistic development of industrial digitalization, green technological innovation, and
ecological resilience.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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