Sustainable Business Model and Corporate Performance: The Mediating Role of Sustainable Orientation and Management Accounting Control in the United Arab Emirates

Enas Nadher Al-Baghdadi, Ahmad Abu Alrub and Husam Rjoub
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Enas Nadher Al-Baghdadi: Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Cyprus International University, Mersin 10, 99040 Haspolat, Turkey
Ahmad Abu Alrub: Accounting and Finance Department, Palestine Polytechnic University-PPU, Hebron P.O. Box 198, Palestine

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 16, 1-26

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of management accounting control systems (MACS) and sustainable innovations orientation (SIO) in the relationship between business model innovations (BMI) and overall corporate performance. A total of 355 managers drawn from different types of manufacturing firms in the United Arab Emirate (UAE) participated in the study, and the collected data were analyzed using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) to test the structural model with the aid of Smart PLS 3. The findings from the study revealed that BMI does not directly influence SIO but has an indirect effect through MACS. Moreover, this study revealed that MACS mediate the relationship between BMI and financial performance. In addition, the argument that SIO influences overall corporate per-formance was supported with our findings. Finally, it was established in this study that MACS and SIO partially mediate the relationship between BMI and environmental performance as well as BMI and employee performance.

Keywords: business model innovation; frugal innovation; management accounting control systems; sustainable innovation orientation; PLS-SEM; United Arab Emirates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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