Table 4.
Comparisons of research hypothesis and empirical results.
| Green Innovation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Hypothesis | Empirical Result | |||
| Manufacturing | Patent-intensive Manufacturing | Non-Patent Intensive Manufacturing | ||
| Environmental regulation (ER) | promotion (H1) | inhibition, significant |
inhibition, significant |
inhibition, significant |
| Inward foreign direct investment (IFDI) | promotion (H2) | promotion, insignificant |
promotion, significant |
promotion, significant |
| Outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) | promotion (H3) | promotion, significant |
promotion, insignificant |
promotion, insignificant |
| ER × IFDI | promotion (H4) | promotion, insignificant |
inhibition, significant |
promotion, significant |
| ER × OFDI | promotion (H5) | inhibition, significant |
inhibition, insignificant |
inhibition, significant |