Research on the influence of artificial intelligence technology on innovation efficiency of pharmaceutical manufacturing industry
ZHANG Wen-lin
WANG Shu-ling
Abstract：Objective:To explore the impact of artificial intelligence(AI)technology on innovation efficiency in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.Methods:Based on panel data from 26 provinces in China between 2012 and 2021,this study empirically examined the influence of AI technology on innovation efficiency in pharmaceutical manufacturing using data enveloping analysis,benchmark regression modeling and threshold effect modeling.Results:The benchmark regression results showed that the regression coefficients of AI technology on R&D efficiency and achievement conversion efficiency were 0.169 and 0.095,respectively.The threshold test results showed a double threshold effect for R&D efficiency and a single threshold effect for outcome transformation efficiency.Conclusion:AI technology significantly promoting effect on the innovation efficiency in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry,with regional heterogeneity observed.In the era of the digital economy,a significant threshold effect exists between AI technology and pharmaceutical innovation efficiency.
Keywords：artificial intelligence technologydata envelopment analysisinnovation efficiencythreshold effect
Publication Date：2026-01-15
Online Publishing Date：2026-08-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 28-34 )