Harnessing the wind: foreign direct investment and green innovation

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UDC.coleccionInvestigación
UDC.departamentoEconomía
UDC.grupoInvGrupo Jean Monnet de Competitividade e Desenvolvemento (GCD)
UDC.institutoCentroECOBAS - Centro de Investigación Interuniversitario en Economía e Empresa para a Sociedade
UDC.issue20
UDC.journalTitleEmpirical Economics
UDC.volume71
dc.contributor.authorBataineh, Mohammad Jamal
dc.contributor.authorSánchez-Sellero, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorLópez-Rodríguez, Jesús
dc.contributor.authorAyad, Fayssal
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-18T10:42:55Z
dc.date.available2026-08-18T10:42:55Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstract[Abstract]: This paper examines the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) exposure, absorptive capacity, R&D practices, and technological advancement on green innovation at the firm level. Leveraging Spanish firm data from the PITEC database, we exploit several econometric methods including dynamic panel regressions, threshold, moderation, and mediation analyses to show that FDI exposure significantly promotes green innovation, with nonlinear effects related to host firm technology when controlling for patents, age, and size of the firm. While we document that absorptive capacity is consistently driving green innovation, we also find that R&D and technology development partially mediate the FDI–green innovation link. Policymakers and stakeholders can leverage these insights to foster sustainable practices by attracting FDI and encouraging R&D and technological advancements.
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the Grant PID2021-123154NB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and “ERDF A way of making Europe”, the Grant PID2024-162133NB-I00 funded by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and by the COMPETE (S52_23R) research group funded by Government of Aragón (Spain) and ERDF.
dc.identifier.citationBataineh, M.J., Sánchez-Sellero, P., López-Rodríguez, J. et al. Harnessing the wind: foreign direct investment and green innovation. Empir Econ 71, 20 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-026-02937-y
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00181-026-02937-y
dc.identifier.issn0377-7332
dc.identifier.issn1435-8921
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2183/49044
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/PID2021-123154NB-I00/ES/LA MEJORA DE LA COMPETITIVIDAD EMPRESARIAL A TRAVES DE LA INNOVACION Y DEL GOBIERNO RESPONSABLE
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2024-2027/ES/PID2024-162133NB-I00/ ECONOMIAS DE AGLOMERACION, DECISIONES DE LOCALIZACION EMPRESARIAL, CONTAMINACION E IMPUESTOS MEDIOAMBIENTALES
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-026-02937-y
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectGreen innovation
dc.subjectForeign direct investment
dc.subjectAbsorptive capacity
dc.subjectR&D practices
dc.subjectTechnology development
dc.titleHarnessing the wind: foreign direct investment and green innovation
dc.typejournal article
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