The Influence of Environmental Management Practices and Supply Chain Integration on Technological Innovation Performance—Evidence from China’s Manufacturing Industry

Jiehui Yang, Qinglan Han, Juanmei Zhou and Chunlin Yuan
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Jiehui Yang: Business School of Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Qinglan Han: Business School of Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Juanmei Zhou: Economics and Management College of North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
Chunlin Yuan: Institute of Modern Logistics, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China

Sustainability, 2015, vol. 7, issue 11, 1-20

Abstract: How to effectively implement environmental management practices and supply chain integration to enhance technological innovation performance has become crucial in both research and practice. Based on resource-based view (RBV) theory, a theoretical model to determine the relationship between environmental management practices, supply chain integration, supply chain knowledge sharing, and technological innovation performance was proposed. Based on data collected from one hundred and twelve Chinese manufacturing enterprises, the empirical results show that environmental management practices have a significantly positive influence on technological innovation performance, and supply chain integration plays a moderating role on the relationship. In addition, the results indicate that supply chain integration is also a predictive variable of technological innovation performance and supply chain knowledge sharing. Our findings suggest that practitioners should couple environmental management practices with supply chain integration to improve technological innovation performance in addition to environmental performance, which has been substantiated in literature.

Keywords: environmental management practices; supply chain integration; technologicalinnovation performance; supply chain knowledge sharing; resource based view (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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