Exploring the Link between Sustainable Development Practices, Institutional Pressures, and Green Innovation

Mansour Alyahya, Meqbel Aliedan, Gomaa Agag () and Ziad H. Abdelmoety
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Mansour Alyahya: The Saudi Investment Bank Scholarly Chair for Investment Awareness Studies, The Deanship of Scientific Research, The Vice Presidency for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, Department of Marketing, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
Meqbel Aliedan: The Saudi Investment Bank Scholarly Chair for Investment Awareness Studies, The Deanship of Scientific Research, The Vice Presidency for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, Department of Marketing, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
Gomaa Agag: Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK
Ziad H. Abdelmoety: Marketing and Management Department, School of Business, University of Dundee, 1-3 Perth Rd., Dundee DD1 4JW, UK

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-15

Abstract: Academics, business leaders, and policymakers are paying more and more attention to sustainable development. The influence of external forces on sustainable development practices, which could predict green innovation, is, however, still unexplored. This paper seeks to explore the role of external pressures on sustainable development practices in the driving of green innovation in Saudi Arabia. We took a quantitative approach through an online survey to collect the required data from manufacturing companies in Saudi Arabia. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse the data. The results revealed that institutional pressures (i.e., governance pressure, customer pressures, and competitive pressure) are key drivers of sustainable development practices and green innovation. They also indicated that sustainable development practices (i.e., environmental sustainability, social sustainability, and economic environmental sustainability) have a significant influence on green innovation. Our findings lead us to propose that green innovation is influenced by external pressures and sustainable development practices.

Keywords: sustainable development practices; institutional pressures; green innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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