Green process innovation and operational performance: The role of proactive environment strategy, technological capabilities, and organizational learning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manjot Singh Bhatia
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Technological Capabilities ◽  
Green Process ◽  
Green Process Innovation

The role of green process innovation translating green entrepreneurial orientation and proactive sustainability strategy into environmental performance

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anderson Betti Frare ◽  
Ilse Maria Beuren
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Green Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Sustainability Strategy ◽  
Green Process Innovation

PurposeThis paper analyzes the mediating role of green process innovation in the relationships of green entrepreneurial orientation and proactive sustainability strategy with environmental performance.Design/methodology/approachThe authors analyze data from 81 Brazilian agriculture technology startups (AgTechs) using partial least squares–structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA).FindingsThe results show that the green process innovation assumes an important role in AgTechs, promoting full mediations between green entrepreneurial orientation and proactive sustainability strategy with environmental performance. There are two ways for AgTechs to achieve high environmental performance. In both, green process innovation is a central condition, while green entrepreneurial orientation or proactive sustainability strategy is a complementary condition.Research limitations/implicationsThis study demonstrates how internal elements (green entrepreneurial orientation, proactive sustainability strategy and green process innovation) improve environmental performance. This answers calls to explore which elements translate green entrepreneurial orientation and proactive sustainability strategies into environmental performance, by highlighting the mediating role of green process innovation.Practical implicationsThe findings are useful for founders and managers of AgTechs to find ways to manage sustainable technological advancement and cleaner production in agribusiness.Originality/valueThis study analyses the interface between sustainable entrepreneurship, strategy and innovation in promoting environmental performance of AgTechs from an emerging economy country.

Linking firms’ life cycle, capabilities, and green innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-305
Author(s):  
Adeel Tariq ◽  
Yuosre F. Badir ◽  
Umar Safdar ◽  
Waqas Tariq ◽  
Kamal Badar
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Growth Stage ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Mature Stage ◽  
Technological Capabilities ◽  
Green Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Green Process Innovation ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between firms’ life cycle stages (mature vs growth) and green process innovation performance. In addition, this research delineates the mechanism by which the mature stage firms are more strongly associated with green process innovation performance compared to growth stage firms and recognizes technological capabilities as a mediating variable fundamental to achieve a higher level of green process innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach This research collected data from 202 publicly listed Thai manufacturing firms. Initially, it used multiple regression analysis to test the relationship between mature stage firms and green process innovation performance compared to the relationship between growth stage firms and green process innovation performance. Later, this research followed Muller et al. (2005) to test the mediating role of technological capabilities and conducted (Sobel, 1982, 1986; Preacher and Hayes, 2004) tests to further validate the mediation effect. Findings The hypothesized relationships were found to be significant, providing a strong support that mature stage firms have higher green process innovation performance compared with growth stage firms. Moreover, the technological capabilities more strongly mediate the relationship between mature stage firms and green process innovation performance compared to growth stage firms and green process innovation performance. Originality/value This research contributes to the existing understanding about the internal drivers of green process innovation performance by incorporating and analyzing the firms’ life cycle stages as an internal driver. This research also contributes by empirically testing the mediating role of technological capabilities on the relationship between firms’ life cycle stages and green process innovation performance.

How to leverage manufacturing digitalization for green process innovation: an information processing perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zelong Wei ◽  
Lulu Sun
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Green Process ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Information Processing Perspective ◽  
Green Process Innovation

PurposeThe aim of this study was to examine how manufacturing digitalization can be leveraged to promote green innovation in the digital era by investigating the effects of manufacturing digitalization on green process innovation, and thus firm performance. The authors also explored how the role of manufacturing digitalization varies with horizontal information sharing, vertical bottom-up learning and technological modularization.Design/methodology/approachFive hypotheses were examined by performing regression analyses on survey data from 334 manufacturing firms in China.FindingsManufacturing digitalization positively affects green process innovation, and thus firm performance. Furthermore, this positive effect is strengthened by horizontal information sharing and technological modularization and weakened by vertical bottom-up learning.Originality/valueThis study extends the literature rooted in the natural-resource-based view by identifying the crucial role of green process innovation and investigating the value of manufacturing digitalization for developing green capabilities in the digital era. It also contributes to this line of research by revealing contingent factors to leverage manufacturing digitalization from the information processing perspective. Furthermore, this study extends information processing theory to the digital context and identifies the interaction of organizational design (vertical bottom-up learning and horizontal information sharing) and digital investment (manufacturing digitalization).

Green Strategic Intent and Green Process Innovation Performance:The Role of Intellectual Capital

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 15825
Author(s):  
Jirapol Jirakraisiri ◽  
Yuosre F. Badir ◽  
Bjoern Frank ◽  
Abdul Salam
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Green Process ◽  
Strategic Intent ◽  
Green Process Innovation

scholarly journals Influence of Environmental Management on Green Process Innovation: Comparison of Multiple Mediating Effects Based on Routine Replication

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (22) ◽  
pp. 4346
Author(s):  
Yuan Ma ◽  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
Qiyue Yin
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Bootstrap Method ◽  
Multivariate Regression Analysis ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Green Process ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Process Technology ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Green Process Innovation

Although green process technology is vital to sustainable development, few articles focus on how to implement it from the perspective of firms. This article tries to answer this question. Being set as an antecedent of green process innovation, the influence of environmental management is analyzed and the influential path is elaborated. Hypotheses are tested by means of multivariate regression analysis and bootstrap method. The results show that environmental management is conducive to firms’ green process innovation, and the influence is through zero-order routine replication and higher-order routine replication. The mediating effect played by the interaction between the two is stronger than that of the individual. Implications are given to academia and practitioners.

Moderating role of innovation culture in the relationship between organizational learning and innovation performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peivand Ghasemzadeh ◽  
Jamal A. Nazari ◽  
Mandana Farzaneh ◽  
Gholamhossein Mehralian
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovation Culture ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose Different studies have analyzed the relationship between organizational learning (OL) and innovation performance (IP). However, the question of how innovation culture (IC) affects the relationship between OL and IP remains unexplored. This study aims to examine the impact of IC on the relationship between OL and various dimensions of IP, including product, process and objective innovation. Design/methodology/approach A research model was developed and performed based on the relevant literature in the field of OL, IC and IP. The hypotheses are tested with the data collected from companies operating in an intensive knowledge-based industry. Findings Based on the results of 625 questionnaires completed by pharmaceutical companies, OL activities and IC can result in product and process innovation. However, this relationship was not supported for the objective innovation. Furthermore, in terms of the moderating role of IC in the relationship between OL and IP dimensions, the results were significant. Practical implications The findings help to gain a better understanding of how organizational commitment by creating a culture for innovation can help to maximize the benefits of continuous OL in product and process innovation. Originality/value Considering the three aspects of IP, it is the first survey of the contribution of OL in firms’ IP with considering the moderating role of IC. The proposed model would enrich the relevant literature and provide us with better understanding how OL contributes to the IP.

scholarly journals Environmental orientation and firm performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 13-25
Author(s):  
Cemal Zehir ◽  
Burcu Ozgul
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Green Process ◽  
Environmental Orientation ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Green Process Innovation ◽  
Positive Effect

This study aims to investigate the mediation effect of green product and green process innovation by focusing on the role of internal and external environmental orientation over firm performance to expand researches on environmental orientation. With this aim, a conceptual model has been recommended by unifying institutional theory and natural resource-based view. Data collected from 315 firms who have ISO14001 Environmental Management Certificate and took part in Turkey’s first and second ISO 500 Industrial Enterprises list in 2018 have been tested by using SmartPLS 3 software as part of Structural Equation Modelling. Empirical proofs show that internal and external environmental orientation has a positive effect on both green product innovation and green process innovation. Additionally, it has been concluded that internal environmental orientation has a direct positive effect on firm performance, while external environmental orientation has an indirect effect, which is through green product and green process innovation. The reason could be rooted in the ecological responsibility feeling of internal environmental orientation. External environmental orientation, though, could be limited only with fulfilling legal requirements with legitimacy acquiring desire. Firms strategically directed to the green product and green process innovation by doing more than the laws require and taking the lead could increase their firm performance. These findings contribute to theory and practice, enriching our understanding of how two dimensions of environmental orientation affect firm performance.  

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