Effects of Socially Responsible Supplier Development and Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation on Sustainable Development: Empirical Evidence from SMEs

Wu, Guo‐Ciang

doi:10.1002/csr.1435

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“…This approach encourages collaboration, connectivity, and comparison between various perspectives and disciplines. An example is represented by the reliance on socially responsible suppliers, which are deemed to foster sustainable innovation (Wu, 2017). For this reason, sustainable innovation ecosystems encourage productivity and organizational efficiency (Smorodinskaya et al, 2017).…”

Section: Sustainable Enterprises Are Intrinsically Open Organizationsmentioning

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Understanding sustainable innovation: A systematic literature review

Cillo

Petruzzelli

Ardito

et al. 2019

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In order to adhere to the concept of sustainable development, firms are increasingly expected to develop innovations that reconcile economic, environmental, and social goals (i.e., sustainable innovations). However, achieving this goal is not straightforward, and although several studies have attempted to improve our understanding of sustainable innovation, a systematization of extant findings is lacking. Therefore, this paper conducts a literature review with the objective of organizing previous research regarding sustainable innovation. A systematic approach is adopted, identifying 69 relevant articles. These articles are organized according to three key perspectives: internal managerial, external relational, and performance evaluation. The results demonstrate that the first perspective, incorporating diverse managerial aspects, is the most considered, whereas the second and third perspectives remain underdeveloped. The paper concludes with suggestions for future research. KEYWORDS sustainable development, sustainable innovation, systematic literature review

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Section: Sustainable Enterprises Are Intrinsically Open Organizationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding sustainable innovation: A systematic literature review

Cillo

Petruzzelli

Ardito

et al. 2019

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

337

226

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“…Organizational innovation is the fundamental source of value creation and competitive advantage. Organizational innovation is often described in terms of changes in what a firm offers the world (product/service innovation) and the ways in which it creates and delivers those offerings (process innovation) (Francis & Bessant, 2005;Jia, Chen, Mei, & Wu, 2018;Wu, 2017;Zheng, Wu, & Xie, 2017). Organizational innovation has usually been classified according to type (Fagerberg, Mowery, & Nelson, 2005;Naranjo-Gil, 2009).…”

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Transformational leadership, corporate social responsibility, organizational innovation, and organizational performance: Symmetrical and asymmetrical analytical approaches

Khan

Ali

Olya

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This study examines the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational performance by evaluating the mediatory role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and organizational innovation which has received considerably less attention in the literature. This study introduces CSR and organizational innovation as potential mediators of relationships between the key constructs of transformational leadership and organizational performance. Sufficient direct and mediation effects of predictors were tested using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS‐SEM) with data from 396 French firms. Sufficient configurations of the predictors indicating high and low scores of performance were explored using fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). The PLS‐SEM results show that both direct and indirect effects of transformational leadership on performance are significant. The fsQCA results reveal that a combination of CSR and transformational leadership leads to high performance. Alternately, high performance results from high innovation. This empirical study contributes to the current knowledge by applying both symmetrical and asymmetrical approaches to indicate performance at an organizational level. This study discusses the findings and provides theoretical, managerial, and research implications.

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“…Increasingly, firms are adopting green innovation (environmental innovation or eco‐innovation or sustainability‐oriented innovation) to achieve sustainable development (Wu, ). Most of the previous green innovation studies focus on a single firm level (e.g., Huang & Li, ); finding green innovation is positive to enterprise performance and long‐term competitiveness (Tang, Walsh, Lerner, Fitza, & Li, ).…”

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Gaining sustainable development by green supply chain innovation: Perspectives of specific investments and stakeholder engagement

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Despite general attention has been given to sustainable development and green innovation, little empirical effort has been made to explore the factors influencing green innovation performance in the context of supply chain relationships, especially in emerging countries like China. To address this research gap, from the perspectives of specific investments, we examine the role of specific investments in relation to the outcome of green supply chain innovation. Drawing on knowledge management theory, we propose that knowledge transfer plays a mediating role underlying the relationship. On the basis of the stakeholder involvement theory, we argue that partner social responsibility plays moderating roles not only in specific investments—green supply chain innovation performance link—but also in the link of knowledge transfer and performance. We tested the proposed relationships with a sample consisted of 331 questionnaires and validated responses from 187 high‐tech firms in China. The results generally support the proposed hypotheses, and the integrative model—moderated mediation—is also supported. As such, this study contributes to understand about how specific investments affect the performance of green supply chain innovation, providing new insights on stakeholder involvement and knowledge transfer in green supply chain innovation management.

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Effects of Socially Responsible Supplier Development and Sustainability‐Oriented Innovation on Sustainable Development: Empirical Evidence from SMEs

Cited by 105 publications

References 70 publications

Understanding sustainable innovation: A systematic literature review

Understanding sustainable innovation: A systematic literature review

Transformational leadership, corporate social responsibility, organizational innovation, and organizational performance: Symmetrical and asymmetrical analytical approaches

Gaining sustainable development by green supply chain innovation: Perspectives of specific investments and stakeholder engagement

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