Environmental Management Breadth, Environmental Management Depth, and Manufacturing Performance

Qiang Zhang, Yuan Ma and Qiyue Yin
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Qiang Zhang: College of Economics and Management, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
Yuan Ma: 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 23, 1-11

Abstract: According to the number of environmental management practices implemented by the firm and the degree of integration of environmental management with other functions of the firm, this study divides environmental management into two dimensions: environmental management breadth and environmental management depth. We argue that the impact of environmental management breadth on manufacturing performance is moderated by environmental management depth. A survey data including 225 Chinese manufacturing firms is used to test the hypotheses. Results show that there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between environmental management breadth and manufacturing performance; the impact of environmental management depth is positive; meanwhile, environmental management depth moderates the relationship between environmental management breadth and manufacturing performance.

Keywords: environmental management breadth; environmental management depth; manufacturing performance; moderating effect (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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