Influence of Environmental Management on Green Process Innovation: Comparison of Multiple Mediating Effects Based on Routine Replication

Yuan Ma, Qiang Zhang and Qiyue Yin
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Yuan Ma: College of Economics and Management, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
Qiang Zhang: College of Economics and Management, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
Qiyue Yin: College of Economics and Management, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 22, 1-13

Abstract: Although green process technology is vital to sustainable development, few articles focus on how to implement it from the perspective of firms. This article tries to answer this question. Being set as an antecedent of green process innovation, the influence of environmental management is analyzed and the influential path is elaborated. Hypotheses are tested by means of multivariate regression analysis and bootstrap method. The results show that environmental management is conducive to firms’ green process innovation, and the influence is through zero-order routine replication and higher-order routine replication. The mediating effect played by the interaction between the two is stronger than that of the individual. Implications are given to academia and practitioners.

Keywords: environmental management; green process innovation; zero-order routine replication; higher-order routine replication; multiple mediating effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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