Life cycle perspective in environmental strategy development on the industry cluster level: A case study of five chemical companies

Røyne, Frida; Berlin, Johanna; Ringström, Emma

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.08.016

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“…Large manufacturing chemical manufacturing firms were selected because they exhibited higher pollution records as compared with firms from other sectors(Anastas & Warner, 1998;Epicoco, Oltra, & Saint Jean, 2014;Røyne, Berlin, & Ringstr, 2015) and face stricter environmental regulations (De Marchi, 2012). However, the focus of this research is on the mediating role of environmental strategy on EI.3 | METHOD: DATA COLLECTION AND EMPIRICAL TESTINGUsing a purposive random sampling frame, a questionnaire was distributed to large chemical manufacturing firms from the State of Selangor in Malaysia.…”

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“…However, the focus of this research is on the mediating role of environmental strategy on EI.3 | METHOD: DATA COLLECTION AND EMPIRICAL TESTINGUsing a purposive random sampling frame, a questionnaire was distributed to large chemical manufacturing firms from the State of Selangor in Malaysia. Large manufacturing chemical manufacturing firms were selected because they exhibited higher pollution records as compared with firms from other sectors(Anastas & Warner, 1998;Epicoco, Oltra, & Saint Jean, 2014;Røyne, Berlin, & Ringstr, 2015) and face stricter environmental regulations(De Marchi, 2012). This study focuses on large-sized firms, given the assumption that larger firms in Malaysia have the managerial capability and capacity to ecoinnovate(MOSTI, 2002).…”

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The missing links? The indirect impacts of drivers on eco‐innovation

Keshminder

Rı́o

2019

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The drivers of eco-innovation (EI) have been the focus of much research in the past. Some of these drivers have been external to the firm, such as regulation, whereas others have been internal, including its resources and capabilities and its environmental strategy. However, the analysis of the impact of those drivers on EI has too often been carried out as if they were separated from each other. In reality, the EI drivers are likely to interact. This paper tries to cover this gap in the literature using a holistic and integrated approach. Survey data from 97 chemical firms were analyzed using partial least squares to determine the critical drivers of EI and their interconnections. Our results indicate that, in fact, the impact of some drivers might not be direct but is mediated by their influence on other drivers. This is the case with environmental collaboration, environmental knowledge, green skills, consumer pressure, and export behavior, which have an indirect effect on EI through their impact on environmental strategies. Therefore, our results suggest that environmental strategy is a central mediator and a powerful driver for the entire model.

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The missing links? The indirect impacts of drivers on eco‐innovation

Keshminder

Rı́o

2019

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“…For developing a technology park type of agricultural biotechnology park, Royne et al (2015) pointed out the key success factors in cluster as 1.high quality human resource, 2.technology and knowledge resource, 3.supportive industry, 4.perfect public infrastructure, 5.financial (capital) resources, and 6.government. 1).…”

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A Study on the Factors in the Industrial Cluster of Agricultural Biotechnology Parks

Hu¹,

Shieh²

2017

Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Organizational Innovation (ICOI 2017)

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Abstract-The research standard of domestic agricultural biotechnology is high and broad, while the industrialization speed is far behind the research standard. In order to accelerate the development of agricultural biotechnology industry, "agricultural biotechnology parks" which present R&D processing & marketing and operation functions are planned to rapidly form agricultural technology industrial clusters and accelerate the development of agricultural technology. Experts in agricultural biotechnology parks are analyzed in this study. Total 150 copies of questionnaire are distributed and 102 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 68％. The research results sequence the importance of "Level 2" evaluation standards as "technology and knowledge resource", "public infrastructure", "government", "human resource", "financial resource", and "supportive industry". Among 21 evaluation indices, top 5 emphasized indices contain technological innovation, R&D facilities, training institutions, network information service, and R&D incentive. Based on the research result, suggestions are proposed in this study, expecting to rapidly form agricultural technology industrial clusters, accelerate the development of agricultural technology, and expand high value-added product export to catch up with advanced countries with agriculture.Key words-government, human resource, public infrastructure, supportive industry, technology I. INTRODUCTONHigh value-added and knowledge-oriented industries are currently promoted and developed in Taiwan. In order to develop agricultural technology, the government links the agricultural technology "industrial cluster", which presents mutual correlations of commonality and complementarity, to enhance the transformation of agriculture industry. Domestic agricultural biotechnology presents high and broad research standard, but the industrialization speed is far behind the research standard. In order to accelerate the development of agricultural biotechnology industry, "agricultural biotechnology parks" with R&D processing & marketing and operation functions are planned to rapidly form agricultural technology industrial clusters, accelerate the development of agricultural technology, and expand the high value-added product export, expecting to catch up advanced countries with agricultural biotechnology industry.As biotechnology industry is gradually emphasized by governments in various countries, biotechnology prefectures are rapidly established to result in fierce competition in the future environment. When biotechnology prefectures are massively constructed for biotechnology industry, it is extremely important for the government, the main force to support the industry, applying limited resources. Nonetheless, it is concerned how to avoid overinvestment or scattered resources, i.e. how government departments apply limited resources to key factors for establishing agricultural biotechnology parks different from other technology parks to further create the competitive advantage. For this reaso...

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“…It is important to mention that strategy and policy are not divergent, but correlated cluster aspects [22]. The domain wherein cluster research is situated can portray diversity; it includes economic geography, location theory, strategic management, and organisational theory [23].The contributions of cluster research, paired with strategic management, can impact not only strategic decisions within firms, but concepts that affect other sectors, including the environment [24].…”

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