Eco-innovation and sustainability performance: an empirical study on Indian manufacturing SMEs

Manvendra Pratap Singh and Arpita Chakraborty

World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 2021, vol. 17, issue 4, 497-512

Abstract: Unprecedented industrialisation have mounted pressure on small firms to become sustainable in developing economies. To achieve sustainability, firms need to cultivate eco-innovation among manufacturing SMEs. The paper attempts to establish the affiliation between eco-innovation and sustainable performance among manufacturing SMEs in India. The results indicate that eco-process innovation and eco-organisational innovation have noteworthy association whereas eco-product innovation has no relationship with sustainability performance including economic, environmental and social performance.

Keywords: eco-innovation; eco-product; eco-process; eco-organisational innovation; economic sustainability; small firms; SME; India. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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