Green Process Innovation and Innovation Benefit: The Mediating Effect of Firm Image

Ma, Yuan; Hou, Guisheng; Xin, Baogui

doi:10.3390/su9101778

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“…These measures could reduce the environmental hazards generated by the firm [38,39]. Researchers suggest that such substantive actions could help firms to enter specific markets, attain government subsidies, avoid environmental penalties and litigation, etc., thus contributing to the improvement of the firm’s profitability [40,41,42,43,44,45]. Beyond substantive environmental initiatives, could EID create additional value for the company?…”

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The Relationship between Environmental Information Disclosure and Profitability: A Comparison between Different Disclosure Styles

Yin

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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Combined with the existing research gap, this paper divides firms’ environmental information disclosure styles into two types: Substantive style and symbolic style. This paper elaborates on the relationship between environmental information disclosure and firms’ profitability of these two disclosure types and tests this relationship using the data from 676 firms employed from the heave-polluting industry. Considering the endogenous and heteroscedasticity problems, 2-stage least squares method and weighted least square method were adopted. The results showed that (1) positive relationships exist between environmental information disclosure and profitability for both types; and (2) the contribution of symbolic-style disclosure to profitability is larger than that of substantive-style disclosure. These findings are important for corporate managers and highlight some policy implications in developing countries.

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The Relationship between Environmental Information Disclosure and Profitability: A Comparison between Different Disclosure Styles

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“…They are usually implemented through new products and/or new services (Jakobson and Clausen (2016)). By reducing operating costs and avoiding future liability costs, investing in proactive environmental strategies can boost competitiveness through improved legitimacy (Ma, Hu, & Xin, 2017). The voluntary environmental management systems of companies somewhat determine their environmental performance (Annandale, Morrison-Saunders, & Bouma, 2004).…”

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When companies improve the sustainability of the natural environment: A study of large U.S. companies

Mendonca

Zhou

2019

Bus Strat Env

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In light of the call for companies to abandon current approaches to environmental management, this study adds to the environmental strategy literature and uses the evidence of competitive dynamics among companies to identify a mechanism by which companies invest in proactive environmental strategies and thereby improve the sustainability of the natural environment. An examination utilizing fixed effects regressions on a sample of large U.S.‐based companies reveal that even after controlling the number, environmental and financial performance of leading (environmental) companies, laggard (environmental) companies are more likely to invest in proactive environmental strategies when their leading peers display higher sustainability orientations. Neither the expectation of government regulation nor social movement pressure was found to be influential in this relationship. Therefore, the future dominance of companies' investments in the sustainability of the natural environment will be driven by companies themselves as long as competitive advantages are expected.

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“…In a complex manufacturing system, the use of MMT will help in increasing the competence of industrial system, thus it can be an important source for the product innovation which influences the environmental advantages related to the creativity and design. Installation of modern technology for the green production and high investments for the green equipment's may increase the productivity of the resources in that way for reduction in environmental cost have positive impact of GPI (Ma, Hou, & Xin, 2017). Additionally, with MMT companies can stimulate the actions of proactive environment like redesigning, alterations with cost saving possibility the creation of new products therefor facilitating the GPI.…”

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The mediating role of environmental collaborations in the relationship manufacturing technologies and green innovation among firms in Thai sports industry

Kerdpitak¹,

Mekkham²,

Srithong³

et al. 2019

Journal of Human Sport and Exercise - 2019 - Summer Conferences of Sports Science

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The study has examined the mediating role of environmental collaborations in the relationship manufacturing technologies and green innovation among firms in Thai sports industry. The response rate of the study is 47 percent. The hypotheses are aligned with the design of research questions and by using the smart PLS 3.1.2 which is also known as the second-generation multivariate data analysis, we have analysed the reliability and validity of the instrument by the assessment of structural and measurement model. The results show the important mediating role of internal environmental collaboration between the green innovation and modern manufacturing technologies. For the examination of fundamental mechanism, the current study has addressed the need for empirical study that how the adoption of modern manufacturing technologies increases the green innovation. The results have provided the beneficial extension of modern manufacturing technologies and green innovation by ensuring that for the firms it is important to understand the fundamental relation between the adoption of modern manufacturing technologies and fostering green innovation. Firstly, the current study we have imperially examine the association between modern manufacturing technologies and green innovation at measurement level and have incorporated modern manufacturing technologies as an ancestor of green innovation. Secondly, we have also developed complete theoretical model that with the use of modern manufacturing technologies how green innovation of the firm can get benefits with important mediator that is internal environmental collaboration. Thirdly with the context of developing economy the current study will increase the literature of green innovation. Our findings will be helpful for the managers of Thai sports industry that how to deal with problems in green innovation because of implementations of modern manufacturing technologies.

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Green Process Innovation and Innovation Benefit: The Mediating Effect of Firm Image

Cited by 96 publications

References 81 publications

The Relationship between Environmental Information Disclosure and Profitability: A Comparison between Different Disclosure Styles

The Relationship between Environmental Information Disclosure and Profitability: A Comparison between Different Disclosure Styles

When companies improve the sustainability of the natural environment: A study of large U.S. companies

The mediating role of environmental collaborations in the relationship manufacturing technologies and green innovation among firms in Thai sports industry

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