Advancing corporate green innovation through science: The role of freedom of expression and NGOs

Imane El Ouadghiri, Jonathan Peillex, Federico Platania and Celina Toscano Hernandez
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Imane El Ouadghiri: PULV - Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci
Jonathan Peillex: ICD International Business School Paris, LEFMI - Laboratoire d’Économie, Finance, Management et Innovation - UR UPJV 4286 - UPJV - Université de Picardie Jules Verne
Federico Platania: ISG - ISG International Business School [Paris]
Celina Toscano Hernandez: ISC Paris - Institut Supérieur du Commerce de Paris

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Abstract: We contribute to recent developments in Triple Helix model by examining the impact of environmental research output on corporate environmental innovation, with a particular emphasis on the role of government and civil society in shaping this relationship. Drawing on a large sample of 1781 companies across 42 countries from 2010 to 2023, we find that a greater volume of environment-related scientific research positively influences firms' capacity to develop environmental innovations. Two underlying mechanisms appear to explain this effect. First, environmental research plays a cognitive role by facilitating the diffusion of scientific knowledge that is essential for environmental innovation. Second, scientific output exerts a normative institutional influence, guiding organizational behavior toward greater sustainability. We further show that these dynamics are strengthened by the moderating effects of freedom of expression and the presence of environmental NGOs.

Keywords: NGOs; Freedom of expression; Corporate environmental innovation; Science; Helix model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-05
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Published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2026, 226, pp.124577. ⟨10.1016/j.techfore.2026.124577⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2026.124577

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