Table 1 Variable definitions.

From: The impact of industrial robot adoption on corporate green innovation in China

Variables

Definition

ROBOT

The penetration of firms’ industrial robots

GIS

The natural logarithm of the number of green patent applications plus one

GIZ

The natural logarithm of the number of green invention patents applications plus one

SIZE

The natural logarithm of total market value

LEV

Total liabilities/total assets

GROW

Income growth rate

OCF

Operating cash flow/total assets

AGE

The logarithm of the company's listing age plus one

LOSS

If the net profit is less than 0, the value is 1, and otherwise, it is 0

SHRCR

The shares held by the largest shareholder/Total shares

OTHREC

Other receivables/total assets

STAFF

The logarithm of the number of employees plus one

INDUSTRY

Industry dummy variable

YEAR

Year dummy variable