Research on the Impact of University–Industry Collaboration on Green Innovation of Logistics Enterprises in China

Fei Bu, Xiang Tian, Lulu Sun, Meng Zhang (), Yang Xu and Qinge Guo
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Fei Bu: School of Economics and Management, Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an 710021, China
Xiang Tian: School of Economics and Management, Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an 710021, China
Lulu Sun: School of Economics and Management, Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an 710021, China
Meng Zhang: School of Economics and Management, Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an 710021, China
Yang Xu: School of Economics and Management, Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an 710021, China
Qinge Guo: School of Economics and Management, Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an 710021, China

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 11, 1-35

Abstract: Green innovation has emerged as a key catalyst for the sustainable growth of logistics enterprises. Green innovation not only helps logistics enterprises reduce operating costs but also enhances their competitiveness and promotes the entire industry’s transformation towards environmental protection and efficiency. However, logistics enterprises encounter technical bottlenecks, capital shortages, and insufficient talent and infrastructure when implementing green innovation. Collaboration between universities and industries serves as a crucial method for logistics companies to access external resources and plays a significant role in promoting technological progress, knowledge transfer, and innovation capability enhancement of enterprises. This research, grounded in the theories of social capital and dynamic capabilities, explores the mechanism from the perspective of resources and capabilities, and examines how university–industry collaboration affects green innovation. This research employs a hierarchical regression model to evaluate the proposed hypotheses. The research results show that university–industry collaboration has a positive impact on social capital, slack resources, and dynamic capabilities, and social capital, slack resources, and dynamic capabilities positively influence green innovation. The research results have certain reference value for logistics enterprises to promote green innovation.

Keywords: university–industry collaboration; green innovation; social capital; slack resources; dynamic capability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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