Can Environmental Regulation Flexibility Explain the Porter Hypothesis?—An Empirical Study Based on the Data of China’s Listed Enterprises

Previous studies indicate that the Porter hypothesis (PH) generates controversial and inconsistent conclusions on the impact of environmental regulation (ER) on business performance. As a result, based on the data of China’s A-share listed companies from 2016 to 2018, a moderated mediating effect model is established to examine the relationship between ER, technological innovation and business performance, as well as the moderating effect of environmental regulation flexibility (ERF) on the relationship. Results show that technological innovation has a significant mediating effect on the relationship between ER and business performance. Furthermore, ERF has a negative moderating effect on the mediating effect technological innovation exerted. At a certain degree, the flexible ER could weaken technological innovation’s mediating effects on the relationship between ER and business performance, and further could mitigate the negative impact of ER on both technological innovation and business performance. Also, an inflexible ER intensifies its negative effects on technological innovation and business performance, which is to the disadvantage of enterprises becoming the subject of environmental protection consciously and sustainably.

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Relationships between fluctuations of environmental regulation, technological innovation, and economic growth: a multinational perspective

Journal of Enterprise Information Management ◽

10.1108/jeim-02-2021-0104 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Zaiyang Xie ◽

Liang Qu ◽

Runhui Lin ◽

Qiutong Guo

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Environmental Regulation ◽

Technological Innovation ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Oecd Country ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Content Type ◽

Innovation Activities ◽

Continuous State ◽

The Impact

PurposeEnvironmental regulation is in a continuous state of intense change and modification amid the long-term tensions between environmental protection and economic growth. In this article, the authors creatively investigate how fluctuations of environmental regulation influence a nation's economic growth while also examining the mediating effect of technological innovation.Design/methodology/approachUsing sample data of 36 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries from 2013 to 2018, environmental regulation is differentiated in two aspects of formal environmental regulation (FER) and informal environmental regulation (IER) and analyzed to assess the effects of regulatory fluctuations on investment and technological innovation.FindingsThe research results demonstrate that both FER fluctuation and IER fluctuation exert a significant negative impact on economic growth. These two fluctuations in environmental regulation increase uncertainty and unpredictable risks for corporations and investors, significantly stifling the willingness to contribute to innovation activities and leading to a diminished level of innovation. Technological innovation is revealed to have a mediating influence on the relationship of environmental regulation fluctuation to economic growth.Originality/valueThese findings enrich the research on the impact of environmental regulation from a dynamic, multinational perspective, contributing to the literature by exploring the relationships between environmental regulation fluctuation, technological innovation and economic growth at the OECD-country level.

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Influence of Organizational Culture & Intellectual Capital on Business Performance in Textile Industry of Pakistan

Journal of information and organizational sciences ◽

10.31341/jios.45.1.11 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 243-265

Author(s):

Syed Muhammad Fahim ◽

Syeda Misbah Inayat ◽

Syed Muhammad Rafay Zaidi ◽

Daniyal Ahmed ◽

Ramish Hassan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Organizational Culture ◽

Technological Innovation ◽

Intellectual Capital ◽

Textile Industry ◽

Business Performance ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Set Up ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

This paper aims to find out the extent to which organizational culture and intellectual capital influence the textile industry’s business performance in Pakistan. The study uses causal and explanatory research design. Several 200 textile industry employees participated in this survey, selected as the study sample using the purposive sampling technique. The study detects that both organizational and intellectual capital directly impact the textile firms’ business performance. However, the impact of intellectual capital on business performance is more substantial than that of organizational culture. The mediating effect of technological innovation in the relationship between organizational culture and business performance is also supported. The study can be used by the textile industry managers to set up policies on how to improve business performance in the textile firms. The study also fills the literature gap as prior studies do not have worked on the mediating aspect of technological innovation.

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How Does Environmental Regulation Affect the Relationship between FDI and Technological Innovation: From the Perspective of Technology Transactions

Processes ◽

10.3390/pr9081264 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (8) ◽

pp. 1264

Author(s):

Meng Zeng ◽

Lihang Liu ◽

Fangyi Zhou ◽

Yigui Xiao

Keyword(s):

Environmental Regulation ◽

Technological Innovation ◽

Pollutant Emissions ◽

Regulatory Effect ◽

Host Countries ◽

Regional Heterogeneity ◽

Industrial Sectors ◽

Reduction Effect ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Many studies have found that FDI can reduce the pollutant emissions of host countries. At the same time, the intensity of environmental regulation would affect the emission reduction effect of FDI in the host country. This study aims to reveal the internal mechanisms of this effect. Specifically, this paper studies the impact of FDI on technological innovation in China’s industrial sectors from the perspective of technology transactions from 2001 to 2019, and then analyzes whether the intensity of environmental regulation can promote the relationship. Results indicate that FDI promotes technological innovation through technology transactions. In addition, it finds that the intensity of environmental regulation significantly positively moderates the relationship between FDI and technological innovation, which is achieved by positively moderating the FDI–technology transaction relationship. Regional heterogeneity analysis is further conducted, and results show that in the eastern and western regions of China, FDI can stimulate technological innovation within regional industrial sectors through technology trading. Moreover, environmental regulation has a significant positive regulatory effect on the above relationship, but these effects are not supported by evidence in the central region of China.

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The Impact of Environmental Regulation on the Location of Pollution-Intensive Industries in China under Agglomeration Effect

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18084045 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (8) ◽

pp. 4045

Author(s):

Yinhao Wu ◽

Shumin Yu ◽

Xiangdong Duan

Keyword(s):

Environmental Regulation ◽

Local Economic Development ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Empirical Test ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Production Costs ◽

Agglomeration Effect ◽

The Government ◽

Pollutant Discharge ◽

The Impact

Pollution-intensive industries (PIIs) have both scale effect and environmental sensitivity. Therefore, this paper studies how environmental regulation (ER) affects the location dynamics of PIIs under the agglomeration effect. Our results show that, ER can increase the production costs of pollution-intensive firms (PIFs) by internalizing the negative impact of pollutant discharge in a region, and thus, directly reduces the region’s attractiveness to PIFs. Meanwhile, ER can indirectly reduce the attractiveness of a region to PIFs by reducing the externality of the regional agglomeration effect. Moreover, these influences are regulated by the level of local economic development. Based on the moderated mediating effect model, we find evidence from the site selection activities of newly built chemical firms in cities across China. The empirical test shows that compared with 2014, the proportion of the direct effect of ER to the total effects significantly decreased in 2018, while the proportion of indirect effects under the agglomeration effect increased significantly. Our findings provide reference for the government to design effective environmental policies to guide the location choice of new PIFs.

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The impact of Perception Of Organizational Politics on Organizational Citizenship Behavior

The Korean Journal of Industrial and Organizational Psychology ◽

10.24230/kjiop.v25i2.397-420 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 397-420

Author(s):

HyunSung Kim ◽

SeaYoung Park

Keyword(s):

Organizational Citizenship ◽

Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽

Organizational Politics ◽

Moderating Effect ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Citizenship Behavior ◽

Future Research ◽

Perception Of Organizational Politics ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between POPs, OJ, OCB, BJW and LPS. Also, this study examined the mediating effect of OJ on the relationship between POPs and OCB. And this study examined the moderating effect of BJW on the relationship between POPs and OJ and the moderating effect of LPS on the relationship between OJ and OCB. Data were collected from 283 employees from a number of companies. The result of this study showed that the relationship between POPs and OJ is significantly negative and the relationship between OJ and OCB is significantly positive. Also, OJ fully mediated the relationship between POP and OCB. And BJW didn't moderated the relationship between POPs and OJ. And LPS moderated the relationship between OJ and OCB. Finally, based on the results, the implication of this study and the direction for future research were discussed.

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The Impact of Innovation Investment Volatility on Technological Innovation of Enterprises in Different Life Cycles

Mathematical Problems in Engineering ◽

10.1155/2021/2442071 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Miaomiao Li ◽

Zhaoxing Hao ◽

Meng Luan ◽

Haibo Li ◽

Guikun Cao

Keyword(s):

Technological Innovation ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Punctuated Equilibrium ◽

Life Cycles ◽

Moderating Effect ◽

Mature Stage ◽

Punctuated Equilibrium Theory ◽

Emerging Industries ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Empirical findings from the impact of innovation investment volatility on enterprise technological innovation are mixed. Based on the punctuated equilibrium theory, this study explores the impact of innovation investment volatility on enterprise technological innovation in different life cycles and whether innovation subsidy has expected effects on enterprises’ technological innovation. By using the 205 Chinese listed enterprises in strategic emerging industries from 2010 to 2019 as the research sample, the results show that the innovation investment volatility has a positive impact on technological innovation of enterprise in the growing stage, while it has no significant effect on enterprise technological innovation in the mature and declining stages. In addition, the negative moderating effect of innovation subsidy on the relationship between innovation investment volatility and technological innovation is the most significant for enterprises in the growing stage, weakly significant for enterprises in the mature stage, and insignificant for enterprises in the declining stage.

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The Impact of Service Delivery System Process and Moderating Effect of Perceived Value in Internet Banking Adoption

Australasian Journal of Information Systems ◽

10.3127/ajis.v24i0.1923 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

Author(s):

Rajiv Kumar ◽

Amit Sachan ◽

Ritu Kumar

Keyword(s):

Customer Satisfaction ◽

Service Delivery ◽

Perceived Value ◽

Internet Banking ◽

Moderating Effect ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Behavioural Intention ◽

Service Delivery System ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

This study identifies the impact of Internet banking service delivery system (IBSDS) process on consumer behaviour; the mediating effect of customer satisfaction on the relationship between IBSDS process and behavioural intention; and the moderating effect of the customer’s perceived value. The study uses a quantitative method using the data collected from 416 respondents. Mediated regression is used to examine the mediating effect of customer satisfaction. SPSS Process v2.16.3 is employed to analyse the moderating effect of the perceived value. The results indicate that IBSDS process impacts customer satisfaction and behavioural intention. Further, customer satisfaction plays a partial mediating role between the association of IBSDS process and behavioural intention. This study provides evidence that the technological capabilities embedded in the bank website processes are an important factor in determining customer satisfaction and ultimately behavioural intention. The study also reveals that perceived value moderates the relationship between IBSDS process and customer satisfaction, and between customer satisfaction, and, behavioural intention. It also adds to the existing knowledge on the adoption of Internet banking literature. Academicians and information systems researchers may use these findings for further research. Financial service providers or related agencies may consider the attributes of the IBSDS process (e.g., navigation, searching, transacting, etc.) while designing their Internet banking services to provide enhanced customer experiences. The paper also highlights the research limitations and scope for future research.

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How can the silence be broken? Caring ethical climate and employee silence

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.9970 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 49 (2) ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Huiqin Zhang ◽

Wenyi Cao

Keyword(s):

Ethical Climate ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Psychological Safety ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Future Research ◽

Employee Silence ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship ◽

Chinese Individual

Employee silence has been regarded as a significant factor related to many organizational outcomes; thus, breaking the silence has become a need for companies, and has attracted academic interest. We investigated the relationship between a caring ethical organizational climate and three dimensions of employee silence (i.e., acquiescent, defensive, and indifferent), as well as the mediating effect of psychological safety and the moderating effect of Chinese individual traditionality in this relationship. We conducted a survey with 568 employees of 50 Chinese companies. Our findings confirm that a caring ethical climate had a significant negative impact on all three dimensions of silence. Psychological safety mediated the relationship between caring ethical climate and both acquiescent and defensive employee silence, but its effect on the relationship between caring ethical climate and indifferent silence was nonsignificant. Chinese individual traditionality significantly moderated the impact of employees' psychological safety on all three of the silence dimensions. Implications of these results for future research and how managers of companies can break employees' silence are discussed.

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Negative Impact of Social Network Services Based on Stressor-Stress-Outcome: The Role of Experience of Privacy Violations

Future Internet ◽

10.3390/fi11060137 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 137 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sanghyun Kim ◽

Hyunsun Park ◽

Moon Jong Choi

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Information Overload ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Equation Model ◽

User Characteristics ◽

Negative Effects ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Social network service (SNS) information has benefited many individuals. However, as such information has increased exponentially, the number of SNS users has increased dramatically and negative effects of SNSs on users have emerged. Many SNS users experience negative psychological conditions such as fatigue, burnout, and stress. Thus, in this study, we investigated the SNS and user characteristics that affect SNS fatigue, living disorder, and reduced SNS use intention. We developed a research model to examine the impact of two SNS characteristics (irrelevant information overload and open reachability) and two user characteristics (engagement and maintaining self-reputation) on SNS fatigue. We also examined the role of the experience of privacy violations in the relationship between living disorder and reduced SNS use intention. We collected data from 579 SNS users and created a partial least squares structural equation model to test the hypotheses. The results of the analysis showed that three factors, other than open reachability, positively affected SNS fatigue. Furthermore, we found that SNS fatigue significantly affected living disorder and reduced SNS use intention, and that experience of privacy violations significantly affected the relationship between living disorder and reduced SNS use intention. These results expand our understanding of SNS fatigue and users’ negative behaviors.

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Silent Counterattack: The Impact of Workplace Bullying on Employee Silence

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2020.572236 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

Author(s):

Xiwei Liu ◽

Shenggang Yang ◽

Zhu Yao

Keyword(s):

Workplace Bullying ◽

Affective Commitment ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Management Style ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Slope Test ◽

Employee Silence ◽

A Chain ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between workplace bullying (WB) and employee silence (ES) as well as its mechanism. This paper collects data from 322 employees of three Chinese enterprises in two waves, with a 2 months interval between the two waves. Moreover, this paper uses confirmatory factor analysis, a bootstrapping mediation test, a simple slope test, and other methods to verify the hypothesis. We find that: (1) WB is positively correlated with ES; (2) psychological safety (PS) and affective commitment mediated the relationship between WB and ES, respectively, and these two variables have a chain mediating effect in the above relationship; and (3) a forgiveness climate moderates this chain mediating effect by weakening the negative impact of WB on PS. Our findings can effectively guide organizations to ultimately adjust their management style, pay attention to employees’ cognitive and emotional resources, and formulate some measures to curb WB in organizations.

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