Abstract:
Under the global low-carbon scheme of things, manufacturing enterprises are believed to be the main bodies of
carbon emissions. As a result, their low-carbon innovation behaviour has become an important driving force for
the transformation of enterprises. Against this framework, the processes, laws and characteristics of their evo
lution trajectory need to be systematically studied. From the standpoint of community ecological succession, this
study explores the evolution process of manufacturing enterprises’ low-carbon innovation behaviour by
improving the Kene model. The study also built a SKIN model for the evolution simulation of manufacturing
enterprises’ low-carbon innovation behaviour by using the NetLogo 6.2 software to carry out related simulations.
The findings of the study show that: (1) the evolution of manufacturing enterprises’ low-carbon innovation
behaviour in the perspective of community succession has obvious stage characteristics; (2) social low-carbon
normative pressure and stakeholder pressure have a positive effect on the evolution of manufacturing enter
prises’ low-carbon innovation behaviour; (3) low-carbon system factors promote the evolution of low-carbon
innovation behaviour of innovation subjects; (4) the evolution of low-carbon innovation behaviour in the
innovation community has path-dependent. Theoretically, based on the community succession concept, this
study deepens research on evolution of manufacturing enterprises’ low-carbon innovation behaviour. Moreover,
the study has laid the foundation for the application of evolutionary theory, upper echelons theory and system
theory in the field of manufacturing enterprises’ low-carbon research.
