Green intellectual capital and environmental product innovation: the mediating role of green social capital

Delgado‐Verde, Miriam; Amores‐Salvadó, Javier; Castro, Gregorio Martín de; López, José Emilio Navas

doi:10.1057/kmrp.2014.1

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“…(2) the degree to which a company uses product materials that consume minimal energy and resources for product development or design; (3) to what degree the company minimizes the quantities of materials that are used for product development or design; (4) to what degree the company deliberates, circumspectly, on ease of recycling, reusability, and decomposability for product development and design; (5) to what degree the company reduces hazardous substance and waste emissions; (6) to what degree the manufacturing process of the company recycles waste and emissions that allow them to be treated and reused; (7) to what degree the company's manufacturing process minimizes consumption of water, electricity, coal, and oil; and, (8) to what degree the company's manufacturing process minimizes the use of raw materials [51]…”

Section: Green Innovation Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Bontis [5] argued social capital is one of three components of intellectual capital [5,6]. Scholars also empirically identified green social capital was related to green innovation [7].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, industrial pollution stems from nonproductive manufacturing activities and inefficient use of resources [13]. As environmental management allows for companies to boost their corporate image, improve green innovation performance [7], enhance manufacturing productivity, obtain competitive advantages [14], and increase profitability, more firms are eager to act as pioneers and to enjoy first-mover benefits in the field of environmental management [14][15][16]. No study has explored the subject of social capital in the field of environmental management, although social capital has become an emerging research trend in the fields of strategic management, organizational theory, and knowledge management.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Influence of Network Embeddedness and Network Diversity on Green Innovation: The Mediation Effect of Green Social Capital

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Due to the current rise in concern about the challenge of global warming, stakeholders are now more conscious than in the past regarding environmental concerns. Stakeholders are more likely than ever before to support companies that are environmentally friendly. Simultaneously, companies seek to develop their social networks in such a way as to enhance their green innovation. This study investigates the influences of network embeddedness and network diversity on green innovation. In addition, this research discusses the mediation effects of green social capital. We adopt structural equation modeling for testing the research framework. A total of 330 valid questionnaires are collected. The results demonstrate that network embeddedness positively affects green social capital and green innovation performance. However, although network diversity positively affects green innovation performance, it does not significantly influence green social capital. Furthermore, the study indicates that green social capital partially mediates the relationship between network embeddedness and green innovation performance.

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Section: Green Innovation Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Bontis [5] argued social capital is one of three components of intellectual capital [5,6]. Scholars also empirically identified green social capital was related to green innovation [7].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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“…23 Issue: 6, pp.919-933, https://doi.org/10.1108/ IJEBR-07-2017-0219 Permanent link to this document: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-07-2017-0219 5 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and environmental innovation has also been related (Siltaoja, 2014), but sustainable entrepreneurship has been distinguished (Schaltegger, 2002) as a form of corporate environmental and social responsibility activities that allows management to assess its state of environmental and economic activities in relation to others. In summary, the core motivation and main goals identified with eco-entrepreneurship are to earn money through contributing to solving environmental problems (Delgado-Verde et al, 2015;Lober, 1998;Schaltegger and Wagner, 2010;Von Krogh and Geilinger, 2014).…”

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Human capital in the eco-innovative firms: a case study of eco-innovation projects

Scarpellini

Ortega-Lapiedra

Marco-Fondevila

et al. 2017

IJEBR

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Thus, individuals are too the main actors in innovation. Individual brings to the firm in the form of knowhow, creativity and the ability to identify and exploit opportunities and ideas for innovation.This strategic behavior gives the organization towards opening new horizons and the discovery of new businesses within the same entity, which allows existing organizations develop and diversify into other activities or business areas (Burgelman, 1983). At any rate, corporate entrepreneurship allows an incumbent firm to make full utilization of its resources and capture new opportunities (Morris and Kuratko, 2002). Therefore, innovation and venturing are considered as two dimensions of corporate entrepreneurship (Covin and Miles, 1999;Guth and Ginsberg, 1990;Yiu and Lau 2008) and the role of the human capital involved in the innovation processes has to be considered as a resource that could foster the identification and/or exploitation of innovative ideas by corporate entrepreneurs (Coduras et. al., 2011, Birkinshaw, 1997.Hong Chung and Gibbons (1997), state that the entrepreneurial behavior within an organization can only be effectively created and controlled through an appropriate corporate culture. Both, entrepreneurs and innovators introduce new inventions into productive activities (Wu and Huarng, 2015). Dess et al (2003), and later Kuratko (2007) propose a comprehensive model from the point of view of management and transfer of knowledge which combines three fundamental aspects, such as environmental factors, those on your own organization, and the consequences associated with corporate entrepreneurship. Finkle (2012) pointed out that innovation is a key ingredient of corporate entrepreneurship where one can take an idea or invention and create something new of value (Phan, 2009). The innovation challenge is essentially around processes of search (for innovation trigger signals), selection (resource allocation) and implementation. As many writers have noted,

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“…To be succeeded in the goal, a firm needs to consider several factors such as environment, markets, and innovation. One of the best strategies of business firms is to improve their IC that may help in innovation and performance [87]. It posits that IC does not directly improve competitive performance, but it first configures the internal processes and strategies of a firm that, in turn enhance performance.…”

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confidence: 99%

Unpacking the importance of intangible skills in new product development and sustainable business performance; strategies for marketing managers

Ali¹,

Li²,

Yang³

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

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Firms need sufficient resources (tangible and intangible) and capabilities to build unique products due to customers' demands and choices, market competition and globalization. Despite sufficient resources, many firms cannot build new products according to the customers' preferences and market trends due to lack of marketing capabilities, lack of skilled marketing staff and lack of experienced managers. However, studies have not yet examined what types of intangible skills of marketing managers are prominent for building new products. This study examines the importance of the intangible skills; intellectual captial, financial literacy and business experience in new product development that results in sustainable competitive performance. We used a mixed-method approach; questionnaire (283) and interviews (16) for data collection and then applied structural equation modelling for testing the hypotheses. The results revealed that all the three intangible skills; intellectual captial, financial literacy and business experience significant influence new product development and sustainable competitive performance. However, considering the relative importance, financial literacy and intellectual capital are the most significant predictors of sustainable competitive performance and new product development respectively. Moreover, new product development fully mediates the path between intellectual capital and sustainable competitive performance while it partially mediates the link between financial literacy, business experience and sustainable competitive performance. Considering the importance of tangible resources, our study scrutinized that financial resources have a significant influence on new product development and sustainable competitive performance while technological resources do not play a significant role. This research recommends firms to emphasize on the improvement of intangible skills of the managers in order to build new products that result in sustainable competitive position. This study also recommends marketing managers to improve their financial skills and experience by participating in various seminars and workshops that can spur their new idea generation and new product development capabilities.

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Green intellectual capital and environmental product innovation: the mediating role of green social capital

Cited by 85 publications

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Influence of Network Embeddedness and Network Diversity on Green Innovation: The Mediation Effect of Green Social Capital

Influence of Network Embeddedness and Network Diversity on Green Innovation: The Mediation Effect of Green Social Capital

Human capital in the eco-innovative firms: a case study of eco-innovation projects

Unpacking the importance of intangible skills in new product development and sustainable business performance; strategies for marketing managers

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