Research Article

Measuring Green Innovation Efficiency for China’s High-Tech Manufacturing Industry: A Network DEA Approach

Table 1

Descriptive statistical results of input-output variables for researched provinces in total.

VariableUnitMeanStd. dev.MinMax

R&D capital stock (RDS)100 million yuan106.535231.8230.1782044.384
Full-time equivalents (FTERDP)Man-year16932.63033175.27011.800224334.000
Number of patent applications (PA)Piece3307.5437647.0051.00058119.000
Number of patents owned (NP)Piece3196.38611378.5101.000125471.000
Physical capital stock (K)100 million yuan988.7181219.79122.9499514.534
Number of employees (L)Person391334.700713679.4004739.0003890108.000
New product sales revenue (YNP)100 million yuan695.0911544.0060.01912396.770
Prime operating revenue (Y)100 million yuan2668.9865048.21111.03333491.550
SO2 emission (BSO2)10,000 tons3708.5553129.999381.20615379.350