scholarly journals Organizational Learning and Green Innovation: Does Environmental Proactivity Matter?

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yali Zhang ◽  
Jun Sun ◽  
Zhaojun Yang ◽  
Shurong Li
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Capability Development ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Green Product Innovation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Green Process Innovation ◽  
Internal Stakeholders

Emerging economies face the challenge of striking a balance between development and the environment. To adapt to the changes, organizations must develop dynamic capabilities for green innovation and corporate sustainability. Based on a resource-based view integrated with contingency and stakeholder theories, this study examines how strategic contingency makes differences in the transformation between learning and performance resources through innovation efforts. Oriented toward external and internal stakeholders, respectively, learning resources comprise absorptive capacity and transformative capability, innovation efforts include green product innovation and green process innovation, and performance resources contain green image and competitive advantage. Depicting their mediating relationships moderated by environmental proactivity, the research model is supported by survey observations collected from over 300 organizations in China. Environmentally proactive organizations are found to have more balanced dynamic capability development than those that are more reactive. To optimize green innovation, therefore, organizations need to embrace an ecological strategy and engage employees in learning.

scholarly journals Profiting from Green Innovation: The Moderating Effect of Competitive Strategy

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiawen Chen ◽  
Linlin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Strategy ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Differentiation Strategy ◽  
Leadership Strategy ◽  
Green Product Innovation ◽  
Green Process Innovation ◽  
Cost Leadership Strategy

Despite the importance of green innovation, empirical evidence on its relationship with firm performance is mixed. This study endeavors to address this inconsistency in the evidence by investigating the value-capturing role of competitive strategy. It argues that firms tend to choose appropriate a competitive strategy to maximize performance of green innovation, especially in highly competitive contexts. We collected data from 195 firms in China. Our results suggest that the performance implications of green innovation (including green product innovation and green process innovation) are moderated by competitive strategies (including differentiation strategy and cost-leadership strategy), and these moderating effects are more prominent when competitive intensity is high. The findings of this study enrich theoretical understanding both of green innovation and of competitive strategy and have practical implications for green innovation management.

scholarly journals An exposition of resource capabilities for SMEs in the emerging markets

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritam Garg ◽  
Kalyan K De
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Core Competency ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Conceptual Clarity

Emerging markets’ small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), despite having enormous growth potential and significance in the economy, have not been able to harness the advantages of internationalisation and subsequently have fallen short in facing the challenges of globalised competition. The purpose of this study was to review and explore the importance of the resource capabilities, building on the literature from the resource based view (RBV), (core) competency and dynamic capabilities theory, as the main rationale behind their significance in the SME internationalisation. This study intends to provide conceptual clarity about the resource capabilities and their importance in providing the SMEs in the emerging economies, the competitive edge to sustain themselves in today’s business environment. The study concludes with an agenda for future research.

Refining a subsidiary evolution framework: clarifying key concepts

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Jakobsson ◽  
Katarina Lagerström ◽  
Roger Schweizer
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Capability Development ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Development Literature ◽  
Subsidiary Evolution ◽  
Point Of Departure

Purpose While the evolution of subsidiaries has received considerable research attention, the framework for understanding it has not evolved much since the late 1990s. The purpose of this paper is to add both clarity and depth to the work on the foundations for – as well as the processes of – capability creation and development as a subsidiary evolves. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper takes as its point of departure the micro-foundation literature, with a specific emphasis on the capability development literature. To describe capability creation and development, both the resource-based view and the resource management perspective are used here. Findings The paper adds a conceptual layer to the drivers of subsidiary evolution. To add further clarity regarding how capabilities are actually formed, the resources for capability creation and development are specified herein as entities, abilities and capacity. Arguments are also presented for why capabilities ought to be viewed as patterned behavior to decrease the terminological ambiguity surrounding the concept of capabilities. The process of capability creation and development with an emphasis on learning is brought forward. Further, capability typologies, in terms of substantive, managerial and dynamic capabilities, are presented to add specificity to the kinds of capabilities that are created and developed within a subsidiary. Originality/value Clarifying the concept of capability and how capabilities are formed by using advancements in the literature is important to add precision to the literature on the evolution of subsidiaries.

Reverse logistics innovation, institutional pressures and performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 615-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Chun Huang ◽  
Min-Li Yang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Institutional Pressures ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to draw on several perspectives rarely used in reverse logistics (RL) research – such as sustainable development, the natural resource-based view and green innovation – to examine the relationship between RL innovation and environmental and economic performance while incorporating institutional theory to verify how institutional pressures moderate these relationships. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire survey is used to investigate Taiwan's electrical, electronic and information industries, as well as maintenance and retail stores selling computers, communications and consumer electronics. First, a hierarchical regression analysis is used. Next, moderating relationships are examined along with the related regulatory, competitor and customer pressures. Findings – The results indicate that RL innovation is positively associated with environmental and economic performance. Moreover, three institutional pressures positively moderated the relationships between RL innovation and environmental performance. However, investment in greater RL innovation under higher-level institutional pressures did not always enhance economic performance. Research limitations/implications – Reverse logistics innovation comprises five components, one of which is cross-functional integration, the process of obtaining information from marketing, production and logistics managers about how their firms created the marketing-operations interface to better handle RL. However, we obtained RL innovation information only from individual respondents. In addition, this study focuses on the economic and environmental aspects of RL activities. Future studies should apply the RL perspective on social sustainability to probe RL issues from sustainability's environmental, social and economic points of views. Practical implications – Contrary to the conventional wisdom that RL imposes costs, reduces productivity and curbs competitiveness, this study finds that RL innovation can enrich environmental and economic performances, indicating that firms with more innovative RL capabilities yield more sustainable outcomes for environmental protection, social responsibility and economic performance. Originality/value – This study contributes to the RL literature by applying multiple perspectives – including sustainable development, the natural resource-based view and green innovation – to explore the relationship between RL innovation and performance while using institutional theory to probe the moderating effects of institutional pressures on RL innovation and performance.

scholarly journals Policy orientation, knowledge dynamic ability and green innovation: A mediation model based on China provincial panel data

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-37
Author(s):  
Li Fang ◽  
Zhang Sheng
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Knowledge Integration ◽  
Government Subsidy ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Policy Orientation ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Green Product Innovation ◽  
Green Process Innovation ◽  
The Relationship

Environmental supervision and government subsidy are important tools for government to promote green innovation. The influence of these two policy orientations on green innovation performance is spreading widely, but the specific indirect mechanism of policy orientation inducing green innovation needs further exploring. This paper introduces the knowledge-dynamic ability (knowledge production ability, knowledge acquisition ability, knowledge integration ability) into the analysis framework of enterprise green innovation, and studies the mediating effect of the knowledge-dynamic ability on policy orientation and green innovation. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2000 to 2015, the empirical findings are as follows: Firstly, the knowledge-dynamic ability plays a remarkable mediating role in promoting between policy orientation and green innovation, which indicates that improving the knowledge-dynamic ability is a core mechanism of policy orientation to induce enterprise green innovation. Secondly, the knowledge-dynamic ability plays a complete mediating role in the relationship between environmental supervision and green innovation. Environmental supervision promotes green process innovation by enhancing knowledge acquisition ability and induces green product innovation by enhancing knowledge production ability. Thirdly, the knowledge-dynamic ability plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between government subsidy and green innovation. Government subsidy improves enterprise green process innovation by enhancing knowledge acquisition ability and knowledge integration ability, and induces enterprise green product innovation by enhancing knowledge production ability and knowledge integration ability.

scholarly journals Stakeholder pressure, green innovation, and performance in small and medium‐sized enterprises: The role of green dynamic capabilities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjay Kumar Singh ◽  
Manlio Del Giudice ◽  
Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour ◽  
Hengky Latan ◽  
Amrik Singh Sohal
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Stakeholder Pressure ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals Mobile Credit and Performance: Experience and Lessons from Micro and Small Enterprises in Kenya

2021 ◽  
pp. 135-161
Author(s):  
Silas Alumasa ◽  
Stephen Muathe
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Credit Rationing ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Asymmetry Of Information ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Micro And Small Enterprises ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Loan Amount

Micro and small enterprises sector is considered as very important in growing the economies of many countries, especially the developing nations. In Kenya, the Micro and small enterprises sector is an important contributor to the growth of the economy through facilitation of trade and creation of employment. While various interventions have been made to grow this sector, the enterprises have continued to perform poorly, struggle to survive and a large number die off. This study sought to investigate the effect of mobile credit on performance of micro and small enterprises. The study was to determine the effect of accessibility, the effect of the cost, the effect of mobile credit loan amount and the effect of regulation on performance of micro and small enterprises. The study was anchored on various theories of Resource based view, Dynamic capabilities, Diffusion of technology, Credit rationing, and the asymmetry of information. The study found out that the accessibility of mobile credit, the Loan amount and the regulation have significant positive effect on performance, while the cost of mobile credit has a significate negative effect on the performance of micro and small enterprises. The study concluded that mobile credit is an essential source of credit to micro and small enterprises. Keywords: Mobile credit, Micro and small enterprises, Performance, Resource based view, Dynamic capabilities theory.

scholarly journals Applying a Darwinian model to the dynamic capabilities view: Insights and issues

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Galvin ◽  
John Rice ◽  
Tung-Shan Liao
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Market Development ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Service Firms ◽  
Capability Development ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Test Elements ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe Darwinian logic of evolution occurring via the mechanisms of variation, selection and retention provides a possible theoretical framework from which to further develop the dynamic capabilities view. Presently, criticized for lacking a theoretical foundation and featuring a degree of confusion concerning how it aligns with the resource-based view, the dynamic capabilities view would benefit from greater clarity concerning its assumptions, theoretical base and the development of a series of testable predictions. We test elements of a potential Darwinian style framework through variation-focused hypotheses using panel data for 190 Australian service firms. Our results highlight the importance of market development as a basis for variation, however, the impact of dynamic capabilities upon a likely antecedent of selection was not clear and highlighted a nuanced relationship between capability development, market development and sales growth in an small-and-medium-sized enterprise environment. We conclude that applying a Darwinian lens to the dynamic capabilities view is challenging without longer time series data and additional measures, but such an approach remains theoretically attractive and further investigation may help clarify how we conceptualize the relationship between the dynamic capabilities view and resource-based view.

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.

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