The effect of green strategies and eco‐innovation on Mexican automotive industry sustainable and financial performance: Sustainable supply chains as a mediating variable

Abstract

This work focuses on the study of how green strategies (GBS) and eco-innovation (EI) contribute to increasing sustainable and financial performance in the context of the Mexican manufacturing industry, and whether these relationships are mediated by the practices involved in sustainable supply chains (SSCs). This analysis is carried out through an empirical study of a sample of 460 companies in the automotive industry. The results reveal direct positive effects of GBS and EI on performance both, sustainable and financial. In spite of the key role played by SSC, this variable only exerts a mediating effect on the sustainable performance. Nevertheless, although the significant direct effect of sustainable supply chains on financial performance is not verified, there is an indirect effect of supply chains on financial performance through their influence on sustainable development. The findings reveal important implications for managers. They provide rational arguments (increase in performance) that should motivate companies in the Mexican automotive industry to incorporate values, standards, and actions focused on reducing the effects of their activities on the environment. These considerations will lead to a change in behavior which is better aligned with global environmental demands.

Big data analytics capabilities and green supply chain performance: investigating the moderated mediation model for green innovation and technological intensity

“…Moreover, the results of the empirical study confirmed the acceptance of H3, which confirms the positive impact of green innovation on the green supply chain performance. This result was in agreement with several current studies that provided empirical evidence for the positive impact of green innovation on the green supply chain performance (Bag et al, 2022;Fernando et al, 2019;Rodr ıguez-Gonz alez et al, 2022). Green innovation is one of the main determinants of enhancing green supply chain performance and sustainable performance (Wong et al, 2020).…”

“…The context of Jordanian food and beverages manufacturing firms is one of the contexts that did not pay much attention to by researchers in the field of big data. Thus, this paper provided interesting results by emphasizing the importance of big data analytics capabilities in promoting green innovation and improving the green supply chain performance according to the NRBV theory, and thus these organizational, administrative and human capabilities can be used to enhance the value of big data to improve the level of environmental readiness of these firms (Rodríguez‐González et al. , 2022; Fernando et al.…”

“…Therefore, the firms' adoption of green supply chains requires administrative, organizational, technological and human capabilities to achieve this goal. Green innovation is one of the precedents for the success of green supply chains (Bag et al, 2022) because several studies have shown a strong relationship between green innovation within supply chains and green supply chain performance (Bag et al, 2022;Fernando et al, 2019;Rodr ıguez-Gonz alez et al, 2022). Rodr ıguez-Gonz alez et al (2022) emphasized that cooperation in research and development within supply chains and the provision of environmental innovations will improve the sustainable supply chains performance, and environmental innovation can also enhance green supply chain capabilities in a way that qualifies firms to enhance their organizational superiority (Bag et al, 2022).…”

“…Rodríguez‐González et al. (2022) emphasized that cooperation in research and development within supply chains and the provision of environmental innovations will improve the sustainable supply chains performance, and environmental innovation can also enhance green supply chain capabilities in a way that qualifies firms to enhance their organizational superiority (Bag et al.…”

The impact of big data analytics capabilities on green supply chain performance: is green supply chain innovation the missing link?

“…Despite the important role of BDA in enhancing sustainable organisational performance (Cetindamar et al, 2022;Chatterjee et al, 2022a, b), creating competitive advantage (Behl et al, 2022;Shah, 2022), and raising the GSCP, the role of GSC innovation (GSCI) in enhancing the GSCP is still of great importance in explaining the ability of the GSC to preserve the environment in manufacturing firms (Rodr ıguez-Gonz alez et al, 2022). Several scholars have confirmed (Chang, 2011;Roh et al, 2022) that GSCI is an important activity to promote green initiatives within firms.…”