How environmental regulations affect corporate innovation? The coupling mechanism of mandatory rules and voluntary management

Zhenyu Jiang, Zongjun Wang and Xiao Lan

Technology in Society, 2021, vol. 65, issue C

Abstract: Although the influencing mechanism of environmental regulation on technological innovation has been widely discussed in academia, few studies analysed the collaborative effect of mandatory and non-mandatory environmental regulations. Based on the panel data of 419 Chinese emerging firms from 2010 to 2015, this article discussed the coupling mechanism of mandatory regulations and voluntary certifications in the process of corporate technological innovation. The results showed that: First, regional environmental regulation has a positive effect on environmental management system certification, while industry environmental regulation has no significant effect on environmental management system certification. Second, industry environmental regulation negatively affects corporate innovation performance, while regional environmental regulation positively affects corporate innovation performance. Third, environmental management system certification positively moderates the relationship between mandatory environmental regulation (i.e., industry regulation and regional regulation) and corporate innovation performance.

Keywords: Environmental regulation; Corporate innovation; Mandatory environmental regulation; Voluntary environmental regulation; Environmental management system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101575

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