How to Enhance Green Service and Green Product Innovation Performance? The Roles of Inward and Outward Capabilities

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching-Hsun Chang
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Green Product Innovation

Proactive and reactive corporate social responsibility: antecedent and consequence

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 451-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching-Hsun Chang
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Green Product Innovation ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an original framework to explore corporate social responsibility (CSR) plays a mediation role between green organizational culture and green product innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach – This study divides CSR into proactive CSR and reactive CSR. This research employs an empirical study by means of the questionnaire survey method to verify the hypotheses and to explore its managerial implications in Taiwanese manufacturing companies. Structural equation modeling is applied to verify the research framework. Findings – The empirical results verify that green organizational culture positively affects proactive CSR and green product innovation performance. This study shows that proactive CSR mediates the positive relationship between green organizational culture and green product innovation performance, but reactive CSR does not. Green organizational culture is a driving force for proactive CSR and green product innovation performance. Organizational members in Taiwanese companies are exposed to green organizational culture which influences CSR activities. Moreover, this study verifies that proactive CSR of large companies are significantly higher than those of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Research limitations/implications – There are three limitations of this study. First, this study verifies the hypotheses by means of questionnaire survey which only includes cross-sectional data. Second, this study utilize self-reported data may suffer the problems of common method variance. Third, this study applies a “five-point Likert scale” ranging from 1 to 5 to measure the constructs. Future research can apply a “seven-point Likert scale” to measure the constructs and compare with this study to test the significance of the variability of the data. There are two implications emerging from the study. First, proactive CSR has a positive effect on green product innovation performance, but reactive CSR does not. Second, green organizational culture is a driving force for proactive CSR and green product innovation performance. Originality/value – This study summarizes the literature of CSR into a new managerial framework and highlights the importance of proactive CSR. Therefore, green organizational culture cannot only affect green product innovation performance directly, but also influence it indirectly via proactive CSR in the Taiwanese manufacturing industry. Taiwanese manufacturing companies can increase their green organizational culture and proactive CSR to enhance their green product innovation performance. This study also explores that proactive CSR of large companies are significantly higher than those of SME.

scholarly journals Distance with Customers Effects on Green Product Innovation in SMEs: A Way Through Green Value Co-creation

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402110615
Author(s):  
Mei Han ◽  
Bilin Xu
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Geographical Distance ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Project Duration ◽  
Green Product Innovation ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

Based on the perspective of multidimensional proximity, this paper examined the relationships between cognitive and social proximities with key customers and green product innovation performance via the mediation of green value co-creation by using data from 211 fine chemical small and medium-sized enterprises in clusters in China. Moderating effects of geographical distance and green project duration were assessed to further explore the relationship. The results revealed that social and cognitive proximities can promote green co-production and enhance green product innovation performance. Moreover, the relationship between social proximity and green co-production is hindered when customers are geographically distant or short duration partners of green projects. Eventually, this study was quite different from previous research by relating proximities to green value co-creation and green innovation performance in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets. The study provides a research framework for related research on green innovation.

scholarly journals Past, present, and future of green product innovation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sher Jahan Khan ◽  
Amandeep Dhir ◽  
Vinit Parida ◽  
Armando Papa
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Green Product Innovation

Sustainability excellence: the interactions of lean production, internal green practices and green product innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebenezer Afum ◽  
Ran Zhang ◽  
Yaw Agyabeng-Mensah ◽  
Zhuo Sun
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Lean Production ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainable Performance ◽  
Green Practices ◽  
Green Product Innovation ◽  
Performance Dimensions ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This study aims to investigate the interactions between lean production, internal green practices, green product innovation and sustainable performance metrics. The study further looks at the mediation effect of internal green practices and green product innovation between lean production and sustainable performance dimensions. Design/methodology/approach The questionnaire was used to glean data from 209 manufacturing firms. All the hypothesized relationships were processed by using partial least square-structural equation modelling. Findings The results suggest that lean production significantly leads to the implementation of internal green practices and the production of quality products with eco-oriented features that meet customers’ needs. Further, while lean production and internal green practices were found to significantly influence sustainability performance, green product innovation significantly influences only financial performance. Besides, the mediation analysis shows that internal green practices mediate the relationship between lean production and sustainable performance dimensions but green product innovation mediates the relationship between lean production and financial performance only. Research limitations/implications The study is limited to firms from Ghana, a developing country; hence, the results cannot be imported to reflect other geographical contexts. Practical implications The results of the study provide sufficient justifications for managers, (especially Ghanaian managers and those from other similar environs) to commit their financial resources towards implementing lean production and internal green practices so as to achieve sustainability excellence. Originality/value This study magnifies and provides new insight on lean and green literature by developing a comprehensive research model that concurrently tests the direct and indirect effects between lean production, internal green practices, green product innovation and sustainable performance dimensions.

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