Do Economic Growth Targets Hinder Green Innovation? Evidence from Chinese Heavy-Polluting Enterprises

Hong Gao and Peng Gao ()
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Hong Gao: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2055, Australia
Peng Gao: School of Economics and Management, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 23, 1-24

Abstract: This article reports on a study examining 28 university engineering educators’ viewpoints on how to provide continuing education for professional engineers in a Danish university context. The Q methodology was adopted to collect and analyze data qualitatively and quantitatively. Three significantly different viewpoints were identified, prioritizing (1) a continuing engineering educa-tion (CEE) business model as an institutional priority, (2) organizational structure, and (3) pedagogy inspired by problem-based learning (PBL). The study also captured consensus on the importance of identifying the industry’s need for CEE organizations. The results reveal that CEE development needs to address diverse voices from different stakeholders, including leadership, academic faculty, and administrators; thus, suggestions from an organizational change perspective are proposed in four key aspects of CE organizations.

Keywords: economic growth target constraint; asset-based investment; corporate green innovation; heavy-polluting enterprises; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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