scholarly journals A relational natural-resource-based view on product innovation: The influence of green product innovation and green suppliers on differentiation advantage in small manufacturing firms

Technovation ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 102254
Author(s):  
Jim Andersén
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Green Product Innovation ◽  
Green Suppliers

scholarly journals Influence of Social Media Usage on the Green Product Innovation of Manufacturing Firms through Environmental Collaboration

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8685
Author(s):  
Norhuda Salim ◽  
Mohd Nizam Ab Rahman ◽  
Dzuraidah Abd Wahab ◽  
Ariff Azly Muhamed
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Green Product Innovation ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Relationship

Firms are finding it increasingly important to leverage social media to facilitate knowledge access, get valuable feedback, and improve innovations to cater for emerging markets. However, using social media without integrating other key factors does not seem to add value to innovation efforts. Therefore, this study investigates the potential of social media usage (SMU) in enhancing green product innovation (GPI) and how two types of environmental collaboration may affect that relationship, which is a subject that has been under-explored. First, the literature on the expansion of the use of social media in enhancing GPI was reviewed to develop the theoretical framework and hypotheses. Then, data collected from 211 manufacturing firms were analysed using structural equation modelling to examine the proposed relationship. The results revealed that SMU does not directly influence GPI. Rather, internal environmental collaboration (IEC) and environmental collaboration with suppliers (ECS) fully mediate the relationship between SMU and GPI. The results further disclosed a positive relationship between IEC and ECS, where both types of environmental collaboration seem to be key factors in improving GPI. Hence, this study highlights the importance of knowledge sharing through environmental collaborations for the generation of ideas to improve products in order to remain competitive in the market.

scholarly journals The Influence of Proactive Capabilities and Knowledge-Based Dynamic Capabilities on the Competitive Advantage of Manufacturing Firms

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-47
Author(s):  
Norhuda Salim ◽  
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Mohd Nizam Ab Rahman ◽  
Dzuraidah Abd. Wahab
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Green Product Innovation

Achieving and sustaining competitive advantage is a goal among firms, but it is increasingly challenging in a rapid changing and sophisticated environment. Most of the environmental management undertaken by firms in developing countries are not able to increase the competitive advantage of the product. Hence, this study investigates proactive capabilities that need to be developed in a dynamic environment where it involves green product innovation, environmental proactivity, alliance pro-activeness, and knowledge-based dynamic capabilities that impact on competitive advantage performance. This study involved a survey of 157 manufacturing firms with ISO 14001 certification throughout Malaysia. By implementing structural equation modelling approach, the results provided evidence of positive and significant direct effects of green product innovation and environmental pro-activity on firm’s competitive advantage. The relationship of alliance pro-activeness was fully mediated by the presence of knowledge-based dynamic capabilities as a condition to survive and prosper in a competitive market.

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.

Green Product Innovation and Financial Resource Availability

2020 ◽  
pp. 111-133
Author(s):  
Haroon ur Rashid Khan ◽  
Zubair Rashid Khan
Keyword(s):  
Resource Availability ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Budget Constraint ◽  
Financial Resource ◽  
Revealed Preferences ◽  
Green Product ◽  
Green Product Innovation ◽  
Experimental Approaches ◽  
The One ◽  
Multiple Actors

There is dire and critical need to deeply understand green consumers, given the implications for marketers to comprehend and communicate green buying patterns on the one hand, and to design and strategize both product range and motivation and financing available to develop them on the other hand. The chapter is built on theory Rational Choice and Revealed preferences Theory, while extending using experimental approaches involving multi actors' model. The multiple actors included consumer with their preferred order of choices, entrepreneurs with their preferences, and financiers with their preferred order, under the budget constraint. This chapter interacts with practical aspects of green product innovation behavior in general, and advances research with a focus on specific behaviors, highly desired in this field investigating the rise of green purchases. Globally, consumers are increasingly acquiring green products, and this study indicates to an improved understanding of the decision-making process of consumers' green product.

An External Approach to Green Product Innovation

2014 ◽  
pp. 181-190
Author(s):  
Natalia Ortiz-de-Mandojana ◽  
Javier Aguilera-Caracuel ◽  
Vera Ferrón-Vílchez ◽  
José Manuel de la Torre-Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Green Product ◽  
External Approach ◽  
Green Product Innovation
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