Environmental Innovation and Sustainability in Small Handicraft Businesses in Mexico

Sánchez‐Medina, Patricia S.; Corbett, Jack; Toledo-López, Arcelia

doi:10.3390/su3070984

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“…Researchers (Lopez-Valeiras et al, 2015;Kobayashi et al, 2011;Sánchez-Medina et al, 2011) and policymakers (e.g. OECD 2010) are becoming more and more interested in sustainable innovation and its link with organizational performance.…”

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Effect of sustainability-oriented innovation practices on the overall organisational performance: an empirical examination

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Dahlgaard

Dahlgaard‐Park

et al. 2015

Total Quality Management & Business Excellence

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One major means to address corporate sustainability practices in organizations are sustainability-oriented innovation practices, which tend to result in significantly improved products, services, processes or even management systems. Prior research has widely discussed the relevant issues about integrating sustainability aspects into innovation process; however, little empirical research has been conducted to analyse the link between sustainability-oriented innovation practices and the overall organizational performance. This paper addresses this gap by exploring underlying structure of sustainability-oriented innovation practices as well as their effects on the particular performance dimensions (i.e., economic performance, quality performance, innovation performance, environmental performance and social performance). The large scale web-based survey yielded 266 usable responses encompassing both the manufacturing and service industries across five countries: Germany, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia and Spain. The results of the regression analysis demonstrate that sustainability-oriented innovation practices are positively related with the overall organizational performance. The empirical evidence suggests that when organizations strongly emphasize sustainability practices they can improve both economic and non-financial performance. From a practical perspective, the findings of the study may provide a clue regarding how organizations can embed sustainability aspects in their innovation processes with the aim of improving their performance.

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Section: Sustainable Innovation and Organizational Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of sustainability-oriented innovation practices on the overall organisational performance: an empirical examination

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Dahlgaard

Dahlgaard‐Park

et al. 2015

Total Quality Management & Business Excellence

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“…Researchers [1,2] and policymakers [3,4] are becoming more and more interested in sustainable innovation and its connection with organizational performance. Moreover, stakeholders are becoming increasingly aware of sustainability in international business activities.…”

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Sustainable Innovation, Management Accounting and Control Systems, and International Performance

2015

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This study analyzes how Management Accounting and Control Systems (MACS) facilitate the appropriation of the benefits of sustainable innovations in organizations. In particular, this paper examines the moderating role of different types of MACS in the relationships between sustainable innovation and international performance at an organizational level. We collected survey data from 123 Spanish and Portuguese organizations. Partial Least Square was used to analyze the data. Results show that the effect of sustainable innovations on international performance is enhanced by contemporary rather than traditional types of MACS. Overall our findings show that MACS can help managers to develop and monitor organizational activities (e.g., costumer services and distribution activities), which support the appropriation of the potential benefits from sustainable innovation. This paper responds to recent calls for in-depth studies about the organizational mechanism that may enhance the success of sustainable innovation.

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“…This is due to a resistance to changing existing routines and the cost of required changes in technology, which is not recoverable in the short term. Sánchez‐Medina, Corbett and Toledo‐López (), however, suggest that older businesses may show a greater interest in environmental issues as a result of their acquired experience and prestige. Mohan‐Neill () found that older firms are also more likely to possess the necessary infrastructure to manage environmental issues at a lower cost.…”

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Stakeholder Influence on the Implementation of Environmental Management Practices in the Hotel Industry

Sánchez‐Medina

Díaz‐Pichardo

Cruz-Bautista

2015

Journal of Tourism Research

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Based on the stakeholder theory, this research aims to analyze the relationship between hoteliers' perceptions of stakeholders' interests and the implementation of environmental management practices in Oaxaca, Mexico, incorporating the effect of three hotel characteristics: size, age and economic capacity. Empirical evidence, obtained from hotel owners and/or managers, reveals a direct and positive relationship between the hoteliers' perceptions of stakeholders' interests and the implementation of environmental management practices, with hotel age and size having a moderating effect. Economic capacity, as an independent variable, is also an important factor in the implementation of environmental management practices.

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Environmental Innovation and Sustainability in Small Handicraft Businesses in Mexico

Cited by 49 publications

References 23 publications

Effect of sustainability-oriented innovation practices on the overall organisational performance: an empirical examination

Effect of sustainability-oriented innovation practices on the overall organisational performance: an empirical examination

Sustainable Innovation, Management Accounting and Control Systems, and International Performance

Stakeholder Influence on the Implementation of Environmental Management Practices in the Hotel Industry

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