Exploring a pathway to carbon neutrality via reinforcing environmental performance through green process innovation, environmental orientation and green competitive advantage

2021 ◽  
Vol 296 ◽  
pp. 113383
Author(s):  
Hashim Zameer ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Dinara G. Vasbieva ◽  
Qaisar Abbas
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Green Process ◽  
Environmental Orientation ◽  
Carbon Neutrality ◽  
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.

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.  

scholarly journals ANALISIS GREEN INOVATION DAMPAKNYA TERHADAP KEUNGGULAN BERSAING PRODUK DAN KINERJA PEMASARAN (STUDI EMPIRIK PADA UKM BATIK CIWARINGIN KABUPATEN CIREBON)

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lili Karmela Fitriani
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Market Performance ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Green Process ◽  
Innovation Product ◽  
Green Product Innovation ◽  
Green Process Innovation ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines the relationship between green product innovation, green process innovation, competitive advantage of product and market performance in the SMEs Ciwaringin batik Cirebon West Java. A survey of 93 SMEs batik provides the basis for the empirical investigation. The relationships between the green innovation product, competitive advantage of product and market performance are examined using stepwise regression.The findings show that green product innovation not contributes positively to competitive advantage of product and market performance. Another findings of this study is that the impact of green process innovation contributes positively to competitive advantage of product but not to market performance in the SMEs Ciwaringin batik. Competitive advantage of product has impact to market performance. This paper also discusses the recomendations of the results.

scholarly journals The Effect of Environmental Orientation on Green Innovation: Do Political Ties Matter?

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liwei Feng ◽  
Wenwen Zhao ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Yongtao Song
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Green Process ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Environmental Orientation ◽  
Political Ties ◽  
Green Product Innovation ◽  
Green Process Innovation

Although the importance of environmental orientation has been recognized, how and under what conditions it influences green innovation is limited. To extend the research on green innovation, our research examines the impacts of two dimensions of environmental orientation on two types of green innovation, as well as the moderating role of political ties. Drawing upon stakeholder theory and resource-based view, we propose research hypotheses. We perform hierarchical regression analysis to validate the hypotheses that is based on survey data collected in 253 Chinese manufacturing companies. Our findings indicate that internal environmental orientation and external environmental orientation are positively linked with both green product innovation and green process innovation. The effect of internal environmental orientation on green process innovation is stronger than that of green product innovation. In addition, political ties strengthen the positive impacts of internal environmental orientation on green product innovation and green process innovation, while attenuating the positive impact of external environmental orientation on green process innovation. These findings contribute to theory and practice by enriching our understanding of how two dimensions of environmental orientation affect two types of green 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.

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).

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