How Green Entrepreneurial Orientation Influences Corporate Performance: The Missing Link of Green Knowledge Sharing

Yuan Le and Xiue Zhang ()
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Yuan Le: School of Economic and Management, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China
Xiue Zhang: School of Business and Management, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China

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

Abstract: Based on dynamic capability theory and contingency theory, this study explores effects of green knowledge sharing (GKS) and environmental dynamism (ED) on the relationship between green entrepreneurial orientation (GEO) and corporate performance (CP). Using SPSS 24.0 software to perform hierarchical regression analysis on collected data from 387 Chinese manufacturing firms, it was found that GEO has positive influence on financial performance (FP) and environmental performance (EP), that supplier knowledge sharing (SKS) and customer knowledge sharing (CKS) play a mediating role in the relationship between GEO and EP, and that SKS mediates the relationship between GEO and FP. However, CKS does not mediate the relationship between GEO and FP. In addition, our empirical findings show that CP is improved through GEO and GKS at a higher level of ED. These findings provide theoretical contributions and practical inspirations for the research on green entrepreneurship.

Keywords: green entrepreneurial orientation; financial performance; environmental performance; green knowledge sharing; environmental dynamism (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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