The Impact of Digital Innovation on the International Competitiveness of Manufacturing: An Empirical Study Based on Different Factor-Intensive Industries

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jmsd.202512301

Author(s)

Zheng Ye

Affiliation(s)

School of Business, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Abstract

Based on the panel data of 11 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt of China from 2011 to 2020, this paper first establishes a digital innovation evaluation system from two aspects: the foundation and ability of digital innovation. Then, in manufacturing industry, four indicators such as the trade competition index are used to measure its international competitiveness. On this basis, a model is constructed to empirically analyze the impact of digital innovation on the international competitiveness of different factor-intensive industries in the manufacturing industry. The results show that the digital innovation foundation has a significant positive promoting effect on the international competitiveness of different factor-intensive industries. While the digital innovation ability has a significant positive promoting effect on the international competitiveness of capital-intensive industries, it has a remarkable inhibiting impact on that of labor-intensive industries, and has no significant impact on that of technology-intensive industries. On this basis, this paper proposes relevant strategies to enhance the international competitiveness of different factor-intensive industries by improving the level of digital innovation.

Keywords

Digital Innovation; International Competitiveness; Manufacturing Industry; Yangtze River Economic Belt

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