Analyzing the relationship between green innovation and environmental performance in large manufacturing firms

Shafique Ur Rehman, Sascha Kraus, Syed Asim Shah, Dmitry Khanin and Raj V. Mahto

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2021, vol. 163, issue C

Abstract: Extant literature suggests that green intellectual capital (GIC), green human resource management (GHRM), and green innovation (GI) impacts the environmental performance of firms. In this paper, we argue that the relationship between GIC, GHRM, GI and environmental performance is more complex than previously suggested. We propose that neither GIC nor GHRM are directly related to environmental performance. We argue instead that GI mediates the relationships between GIC, GHRM, and environmental performance. Further, we suggest that environmental strategies are directly related to environmental performance, while also moderating the relationship between GI and environmental performance. We tested our proposed model on a sample of 244 large manufacturing firms. The results of a structural equation modeling analysis provide support for most of our hypotheses.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120481

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