The Penetration of Green Innovation on Firm Performance: Effects of Absorptive Capacity and Managerial Environmental Concern

Min Xue, Francis Boadu and Yu Xie
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Min Xue: School of Management, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637009, China
Francis Boadu: School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
Yu Xie: School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 9, 1-24

Abstract: Under the background of environmental sustainability, it is of great significance to investigate how green innovation influences firm performance dimensions in emerging economies. Explicitly, the interaction effects of absorptive capacity (AC) and managerial environmental concern (MEC) on the correlation between green innovation and firm performance dimensions must be explored. Our data were obtained through a questionnaire survey from 253 companies operating in China. Using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), we found that (1) green innovation has a robustly positive effect on firm performance dimensions (operational, financial and environmental), and (2) absorptive capacity and managerial environmental concern can positively affect the correlation between green innovation and firm performance dimensions. Our results illustrate the integrating effects of absorptive capacity, managerial environmental concern, green innovation and firm performance dimensions.

Keywords: green innovation; absorptive capability; managerial environmental concern; firm performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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