TY - JOUR
T1 - Does executives’ ecological embeddedness predict corporate eco-innovation? Empirical evidence from China
AU - Peng, Xuerong
AU - Fang, Pei
AU - Lee, Seoki
AU - Zhang, Zeye
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 71602176), National Social Science Fund of China (grant number 21FGLB018) and Major Project of National Social Science Fund of China (grant number 20ZDA088).
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Eco-innovation is the most promising way for enterprises to achieve green growth, and its adoption depends largely on executives’ choices. Therefore, this study investigates how executives’ ecological embeddedness affects the three dimensions of corporate eco-innovation by impacting two forms of executives’ environmental awareness. Eco-innovation includes eco-management innovation (EMI), eco-process innovation (EPsI), and eco-product innovation (EPtI). Environmental awareness consists of environmental risk awareness (ERA) and environmental cost–benefit awareness (ECA). Furthermore, this study examines the interrelationships between the two forms of environmental awareness and among the three dimensions of eco-innovation. Data collected from 192 Chinese manufacturing firms were used to test the hypotheses. The results support most of the proposed hypotheses with some exceptions, such as ECA positively affecting EPtI only as a partial mediator between ecological embeddedness and EPtI. Our findings contribute to understanding the antecedents of eco-innovation and complement research on executives’ social embeddedness.
AB - Eco-innovation is the most promising way for enterprises to achieve green growth, and its adoption depends largely on executives’ choices. Therefore, this study investigates how executives’ ecological embeddedness affects the three dimensions of corporate eco-innovation by impacting two forms of executives’ environmental awareness. Eco-innovation includes eco-management innovation (EMI), eco-process innovation (EPsI), and eco-product innovation (EPtI). Environmental awareness consists of environmental risk awareness (ERA) and environmental cost–benefit awareness (ECA). Furthermore, this study examines the interrelationships between the two forms of environmental awareness and among the three dimensions of eco-innovation. Data collected from 192 Chinese manufacturing firms were used to test the hypotheses. The results support most of the proposed hypotheses with some exceptions, such as ECA positively affecting EPtI only as a partial mediator between ecological embeddedness and EPtI. Our findings contribute to understanding the antecedents of eco-innovation and complement research on executives’ social embeddedness.
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U2 - 10.1080/09537325.2022.2106421
DO - 10.1080/09537325.2022.2106421
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85135240192
SN - 0953-7325
JO - Technology Analysis and Strategic Management
JF - Technology Analysis and Strategic Management
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