Capitalizing on SME Green Innovation Capabilities: Lessons from Irish-Welsh Collaborative Innovation Learning Network

Harrington, Denis; Walsh, Margaret M.; Owens, E.; Joyner, David John; McDonald, Morag; Griffiths, Gareth; Doyle, Evelyn; Lynch, Patrick

doi:10.1108/s2055-364120160000008010

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“…Given the profile of the data, two major factors may explain the findings. First, owner-managed enterprises differ from professionally run firms that they are dynamic, entrepreneurial; practise horizontal leadership style; and direct role in innovation as ideas generator (Harrington et al , 2016). SME owner-managers hold controlling interests in the company, including the ultimate authority to act decisively in the interests of their businesses, because there is no separation of ownership and management.…”

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“…Despite resource and structural constraints, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a crucial role in most national economies around the world especially in developing and emerging economies, generating economic growth, jobs and innovation (Harrington et al , 2016, Freel, 2000; OECD, 2010). It is widely recognised that, to survive, grow and sustain, SMEs need strong competencies in leadership, entrepreneurship, technical expertise and innovativeness.…”

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Examining the mediating role of innovativeness in the link between core competencies and SME performance

Kee

Ramayah

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect of core competencies, namely, transformational leadership (TFL), entrepreneurial competence and technical competence on financial performance through the mediation effect of innovativeness, among owner-managed small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach A research model was developed to test nine research hypotheses. Self-report questionnaires designed for this study were sent to SME owner-managers in Malaysia. A total of 178 completed questionnaires were successfully collected. SPSS and SmartPLS were used to perform the data analysis to test the measurement model and structural model. Findings This paper provides empirical evidence that behavioural innovativeness mediates the relationship between TFL and financial performance, product innovativeness mediates the relationships among entrepreneurial competence, technical competence and financial performance and process innovativeness mediates the relationship between technical competence and financial performance. Research limitations/implications The findings of this study are potentially limited by perceptual measures, cross-sectional data and the risk of response bias from a single informant. Practical implications Owner-managed SMEs can focus on developing the core competencies to achieve financial performance through innovative products, processes and behaviours. Policymakers and practitioners can gain fresh insights into the complexity of sustaining the business activities and financial performance of SMEs through the core competencies and innovativeness. Originality/value The extant literature has revealed that entrepreneurship, leadership, expertise and innovativeness are considered key factors in promoting financial performance, yet little is known about the combined effects of the core competencies on financial performance through innovativeness for owner-managed SMEs in the context of a developing country. The study makes an important contribution to filling this research gap.

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Examining the mediating role of innovativeness in the link between core competencies and SME performance

Kee

Ramayah

2019

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“…A smart PLS model was used to evaluate the data obtained, which allowed us to illustrate the link among latent components at the same time while accounting for measurement errors in the structural model. Following the recommendations of Hair et al [55] and in accordance with the software design, the measurement model was examined independently of the structural model in this study. e rationale for employing Smart PLS has been thoroughly debated in the methodological literature [55].…”

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Sustainable Competitive Advantage through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Green Behavior Strategies

Abubakar

Belwal

Mohammed

et al. 2022

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society

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Driven by the pursuit of sustainable competitive advantage and consideration of the impact of corporate social responsibility activities on society and the need for environmentally friendly behaviors to improve companies’ sustainable performance, this study investigates the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on firm performance through the use of green behavior. An empirical survey was carried out, data was collected from 176 respondents, constituting a 61.8% response rate of the sample of 278 employees, and the hypotheses derived from the literature review were tested using structural equation modeling. Firm performance was empirically found to be significantly impacted by both CSR and green behavior. Furthermore, the findings suggest that green behavior mediates the relationships between CSR and firm performance. By establishing the mediating role of green behavior, the study contributes to and expands the literature on firm performance and sustainable competitive advantage. Companies, thereby adopting green behavior, can enhance a firm’s performance and attain a sustainable competitive advantage.

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“…Support interventions in a network setting are found to be effective for green innovation capability development (Mellett et al, 2018). University settings feature predominantly in the literature as a settings where SMEs are assisted to develop a portfolio of low carbon environmental goods and services (LCEGS), access green supply chains (Baranova and Paterson, 2017), grow into the renewables energy technology markets (Prochorskaite, 2014), adopt sustainable entrepreneurship practices (Fichter and Tiemann, 2018), and develop green innovation capabilities (Harrington et al, 2016). Public-private partnerships found useful in supporting pro-environmental practices of SMEs through formation of learning clusters and networks, and legitimisation of 'green' business models (Lehmann, 2006; Puppim de Oliver and Jabbour, 2017).…”

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“…A weak evidence-base and/or difficulty in accessing up-to-date and relevant data could also lead to policies which are ‘out of touch’ with practice. For example, whilst the D2N2 Local Industrial Strategy has drawn together a substantial evidence base to support its proposals (D2N2 LEP, 2019b) the Evidence Review Report for the Clean Growth Grand Challenge is based on government data from 2011/12 that is squarely focused on the renewable technology and clean energy market (Hendy, 2019: 5) whilst making no reference to the wider opportunities for SMEs in the context of clean growth. Participants in our study commented on a policy–practice gap in the area of clean growth and pro-environmental enterprise support resulting in businesses becoming ‘disillusioned’ with the regional policy community and the policy initiatives towards addressing the climate change commitments at a national and regional levels.…”

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Configuration of enterprise support towards the clean growth challenge: A place-based perspective

Baranova

Paterson

Gallotta

2020

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

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Although clean growth has been identified as one of the grand challenges of the UK Industrial Strategy, public policy paid little attention to the configuration of business support towards enhancing clean growth potential of small and medium-sized enterprises. The dominant approach of policymakers to the design of enterprise support interventions appears to be ‘place-blind’ and downplays the challenges that small and medium-sized enterprises face in engaging with the clean growth policy agenda. Based on a mixed methods methodology, involving a survey of 306 businesses, a range of public engagement exercises and an extensive interview schedule, the study explores small and medium-sized enterprises engagement with the clean growth challenge and associated business support mechanisms. We conceptualise the nexus of place–policy–practice as a way of framing policymaking approach in addressing the challenge. As part of the clean growth policy implementation, business support mechanisms need to move beyond a singular focus on energy efficiency and shift towards a holistic approach to capacity building for sustainable development. Small business needs to project a district voice in the definition of place in the local industrial strategies and have access to enterprise support which is place-based, policy-informed and practice-relevant.

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Capitalizing on SME Green Innovation Capabilities: Lessons from Irish-Welsh Collaborative Innovation Learning Network

Cited by 10 publications

References 63 publications

Examining the mediating role of innovativeness in the link between core competencies and SME performance

Examining the mediating role of innovativeness in the link between core competencies and SME performance

Sustainable Competitive Advantage through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Green Behavior Strategies

Configuration of enterprise support towards the clean growth challenge: A place-based perspective

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