The organic joint point of new kinetic energy and green development in Chinese manufacturing SMEs

Ying Luo, Xiaowen Jie and Xiaoping Li

International Journal of Production Research, 2020, vol. 58, issue 23, 7269-7291

Abstract: Even though manufacturing industrialisation has significantly contributed to Chinese economic growth, it has also resulted in resource abuse and environmental pollution. Therefore, manufacturing enterprises need to pursue green development to obtain legitimacy. The successful implementation of green manufacturing requires the joint efforts by enterprises, society and government, as well as the support of technology. Only by putting limited resources into the elements that can drive manufacturing SMEs to implement green practices and obtain sustainable performance, can achieve the effectiveness of Pareto. To this end, this paper constructed a ‘new kinetic energy – green practices – sustainable performance’ evaluation model, which is verified by partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) and multi-group analysis (PLS-MGA). It was found that top manager commitment and consumer demand did not have a positive impact on enterprise green practices in all industry types. However, while technology was found to play a crucial role in technology-intensive industries, and employee engagement was only found to promote green behaviour in labour-intensive industries. Although new kinetic energies were observed to play different roles in the different industrial types, the results showed that green practices could result in economic, environmental, resource and social benefits in all industrial types.

Date: 2020
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