Firm Growth as a Driver of Sustainable Product Innovation: Mediation and Moderation Analysis; Evidence from Manufacturing Firms

Abstract: Facing worldwide environmental and social concerns, manufacturing firms are trying to adopt effective environmentally friendly actions to mitigate their environmental impacts. Although the existent literature has provided many insights about the drivers of sustainable product innovation, little is known about the impact of firm growth. Thus, we intend to contribute to this gap in the literature by examining the impact that firm growth can have on sustainable product innovation. To achieve this goal, the partial least square (PLS) modeling technique was used to analyze a dataset of 3250 manufacturing firms from 39 different countries. The results reveal that firm growth exerts a positive effect on sustainable product innovation and that the relationship is partially mediated by the adoption of environmental practices. The findings also indicate that managerial barriers lessen the effectiveness of the adoption of environmental practices in facilitating the development of sustainable

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Language
Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ; 18 (2021) 5 ; 1-22

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(who)
SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
(when)
2021
Creator
Labella-Fernández, Ana
Serrano-Arcos, M. Mar
Payán-Sánchez, Belén
Tchounwou, Paul

DOI
10.3390/ijerph18052588
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-78537-1
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Labella-Fernández, Ana
  • Serrano-Arcos, M. Mar
  • Payán-Sánchez, Belén
  • Tchounwou, Paul
  • SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.

Time of origin

  • 2021

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