MODIS Collection 5 global land cover: Algorithm refinements and characterization of new datasets

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Satellite-derived land surface temperature: Current status and perspectives

Development of a global evapotranspiration algorithm based on MODIS and global meteorology data

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Remote sensing of the environment

An overview of MODIS Land data processing and product status

Validation of the land-surface temperature products retrieved from Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer data

In the era of the digital economy, the rise and application of digital technologies have led to a series of systematic changes and disruptive innovations within enterprises. Based on the quasi-natural experiment of “Integration of Informatization and Industrialization”, this paper examines the economic consequences of digital transformation from the standpoint of corporate green innovation, utilizing China’s listed manufacturing firms as the research object. Using the DID model, it is discovered that through the implementation of corporate digital transformation, the output of green innovation increases significantly. The conclusions are still robust when using the parallel trend test, PSM-DID, placebo test, and the test of deleting the sample entering the pilot in the current year. Extended analyses find that corporate digital transformation has a greater effect on green innovation in regions with weaker digital economy, in industries with less rivalry, and in firms with larger size. The conclusions of this paper not only advance research on digital transformation and its economic consequences, but also provides theoretical proof and practical insights for advancing corporate digital transformation and enhancing the green development system.

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Corporate Digital Transformation and Green Innovation: A Quasi-Natural Experiment from Integration of Informatization and Industrialization in China

Digitalization has brought great changes to economic and social development, and corporate digital transformation has gradually become the focus of academic attention. We explore the economic impacts of digital transformation from the perspective of corporate innovation utilizing a sample of China’s A-share listed manufacturing firms from 2008 to 2020, depending on the quasi-natural experiment of “Integration of Informatization & Industrialization”. Using the difference-in-differences (DID) model, we document that the growth of innovation considerably tends to rise via corporate digital transformation, and top management team (TMT) heterogeneity plays a positively moderating role in this process. The findings are still reliable after the parallel trend test, PSM-DID, placebo test, and the test of excluding alternative explanations. Extended analyses find that the innovation incentive effect of digital transformation will enhance corporate value in the later stage. Our findings not only contribute to the advancement of the study in digital transformation, but also offer theoretical support and useful advice for furthering corporate digitalization and upgrading the mechanism for creative growth.

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Digital Transformation, Top Management Team Heterogeneity, and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from A Quasi-Natural Experiment in China

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been pouring into China for decades. This article analyzes the spatial distribution and mechanism of FDI inflows to Chinese city-regions, combining location theories with the Chinese context. It provides a fresh perspective for understanding spatial FDI inflows in China. The spatial pattern of significant clustering features in FDI inflows remains, but it has shown a weakening trend over the past two decades. The Yangtze River Delta has grown as the largest agglomeration region of FDI in China. The great regional development in midwest China has brought large amounts of FDI to inland cities as well. These are atypical cases, though, as spatial dependence of FDI inflows based on geographic proximity is insignificant on a national scale. Local economic factors like energy supply, market consumption, and labor wages play roles in the spatial FDI inflows. This work can enrich the research practice and deepen the knowledge of spatial inequalities of FDI in the Chinese context.

Spatiotemporal Changes and Location Choice of Foreign Direct Investment in China

Abstract FDI flows in China have increased for decades, but the sectoral and country-origin distribution change over times. Chinese FDI inflows have experienced a shift from manufacturing to real estate and service sectors. A series of factors including labor cost increase, currency appreciation, overcapacity of production, domestic competition rise and US trade war cause negative effects on manufacturing FDI flows. However, rising purchasing power, consumer demand and market capacity create new opportunities for foreign business in China. The government makes efforts to nurture service trade as an engine of economic growth alongside trade in goods. Many incentive policies have been launched for numerous service industries. These are the push hand behind the rapid rise in service FDI. The neighboring countries or regions in Asia and free trade ports with taxation advantages contribute vast majority of the FDI in China. Hong Kong's status as the largest supplier of FDI to the mainland has become increasingly prominent over the past 20 years, partially due to so called “round-trip” FDI. Chinese economic diplomacy promotes regional integration in East and Southeast Asia, and creates conditions for the liberalization of intra-regional investment. Closer trade connections with European countries boost the EU investment in China over recent years. Our studies of FDI's structural changes in China can generate policy implications widely for the government, foreign companies and investors, as well as developing countries committed to FDI attraction.

Qincheng Zhang

Papers

Validation of the land-surface temperature products retrieved from Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer data

Corporate Digital Transformation and Green Innovation: A Quasi-Natural Experiment from Integration of Informatization and Industrialization in China

Digital Transformation, Top Management Team Heterogeneity, and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from A Quasi-Natural Experiment in China

Spatiotemporal Changes and Location Choice of Foreign Direct Investment in China

Sectoral and Country-Origin Dynamics of FDI in China in 1997-2020