How does digital technology affect manufacturing upgrading? Theory and evidence from China.

ABSTRACT: Digital technology becomes the new engine of manufacturing upgrading. The article brings digital technology and manufacturing in global value chain into the same analytical framework, measures development level of digital technology by using World Input-Output Database data, Theoretical analysis shows that impact of digital technology on manufacturing upgrading has innovation effect, resource allocation effect and penetration effect. Empirical test results show that (1) Digital technology level index of China's manufacturing industry increased from 0.286 in 2001 to 0.359 in 2014, The effect of digital technology on upgrading of Chinese manufacturing industry is significant positive at 5% level with influence coefficient of 0.129; Distinguish digital technology sources found that domestic d

SUBMITTER: Fu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9098021 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature