Does leadership and management support facilitate green knowledge acquisition and green innovation: a moderated mediation approach

Abstract

PurposeGiven the critical role of green innovation (GI) in the manufacturing sector, this study builds a moderated mediation model to evaluate the influence of leadership and management support on GI, the mediating function of green knowledge acquisition, and the moderating role of green absorptive ability.Design/methodology/approachThe study employed a quantitative research approach with hierarchical regression analysis to assess the proposed relationships among the constructs on a sample of 371 executives from 117 large-sized manufacturing firms in Pakistan.FindingsThe research findings demonstrate that leadership and management support significantly affects both radical and incremental GI, with incremental green innovation being more positively affected than radical green innovation. Green knowledge acquisition partially mediates between leadership and management support, radical and incremental green innovation. Green knowledge acquisition moderates the association between leadership and management support and green knowledge acquisition and the link between leadership and management support and incremental GI. The findings also demonstrate that green knowledge acquisition's mediating effect on leadership and management support, and GI is more pronounced when green absorptive capacity is high.Research limitations/implicationsThis research is based on cross-sectional data gathered from manufacturing companies. Future studies should consider this differentiation between the enterprises since there are various sectors within the general manufacturing sector whose environmental effect is more or less polluting. This research focused exclusively on two aspects of GI (radical and incremental GI). It is feasible that additional GI constituents (i.e., product, process, and management GI) can significantly boost businesses' competitive advantage. This study recommends additional study into the potential moderating impacts of technological and market turbulence to better understand the relationship between these concepts since it is evident that internal and external factors influence GI.Practical implicationsThe study provides useful insights and an innovative way for manufacturing firms and authorities to prevent environmental deterioration and achieve sustainable green innovation through leadership and management support and green intangible resources.Originality/valueThis research concentrating on green environmental concerns and using RBV theory attempts to fill research gaps and sheds light on how leadership and management support promote both radical and incremental green innovation via the mediating and moderating roles of green knowledge acquisition and green absorptive capacity.

Network embeddedness and manufacturing SMEs’ green innovation performance: the moderating role of resource orchestration capability

“…The second research question aims to explore the boundary conditions influencing the relationship between network embeddedness and green innovation performance. While prior literature has introduced various theories to extend the contextual mechanisms of network embeddedness, such as absorptive capacity theory (Idrees et al, 2023;Moon et al, 2022), innovation capability theory (Wang and Hu, 2020), and institutional theory (Kraft and Bausch, 2018;Wang et al, 2019), research based on the resource orchestration theory remains relatively scarce. Resource orchestration theory is promising for understanding how firms benefit from their resources (Sirmon et al, 2007) and has recently received significant attention.…”

“…Finally, this paper examines the moderating role of resource orchestration capability in the process of enhancing green innovation performance through network embeddedness, revealing the boundary mechanism through which network embeddedness affects green innovation. Existing research has primarily emphasized firms' ability to adapt to the external environment continually and to acquire, integrate, and apply external knowledge and information (Idrees et al, 2023;Moon et al, 2022;Xing et al, 2022), often neglecting the active role of internal resource management. This paper uniquely integrates network embeddedness, its synergy, and resource orchestration capability into the theoretical model, presenting a fresh theoretical framework for delving into the mechanisms of improving green innovation performance.…”

“…The resource-based view (RBV) underscores the significance of resources and capabilities, providing firms with a competitive advantage and the foundation for strategic choices and implementation (Oliver, 1997). Existing studies have mainly focused on the impact of absorptive and dynamic capabilities on green innovation (Idrees et al. , 2023; Moon et al.…”

“…The second research question aims to explore the boundary conditions influencing the relationship between network embeddedness and green innovation performance. While prior literature has introduced various theories to extend the contextual mechanisms of network embeddedness, such as absorptive capacity theory (Idrees et al. , 2023; Moon et al.…”

Green entrepreneurial orientation and technological green innovation: does resources orchestration capability matter?

“…Manufacturers currently acknowledge the necessity of identifying solutions that reconcile environmental sustainability objectives with financial viability (Shehzad et al , 2023). One effective strategy is to boost the potential of technological green innovation (GI) in companies (Idrees et al , 2023; Nuryakin and Maryati, 2022). By enhancing technological GI, organisations can fulfil their social responsibilities, accomplish economic success and align financial performance with environmental conservation.…”