On the Drivers of Eco-Innovations: Empirical Evidence from the UK

Kesidou, Effie; Demirel, Pelin

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1555733

Cited by 75 publications

(113 citation statements)

References 39 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

104

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Kesidou and Demirel (2012) considered CSR as the driving force behind a business's involvement in SOIs; however, this argument may not hold for SMEs (Cuerva et al, 2013). The SRSD activities of buying firms have a significant and positive effect on SMEs' SP.…”

Section: Socially Responsible Supplier Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

2017

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

104

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Recently, the trend toward sustainable development has led to different categories of sustainability-oriented innovations (SOIs). Even though each SOI category could play an important role in enhancing sustainability performance (SP), which covers economic, environmental, and social dimensions, developing SOIs is a difficult task for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as they have limited resources and expertise. From the sustainable supply chain management perspective, the practices of socially responsible supplier development (SRSD) by buying firms may help strengthen the SOIs in which their SME suppliers engage, thus contributing to improving SMEs' SP. Therefore, this study created a multidimensional research framework that links buying firms' SRSD with SME suppliers' SOIs and investigated the influence of SRSD and SOIs on SP. The empirical results show that SRSD practices significantly and positively affect SOIs, with SOIs helping to improve SP and fully mediating the relationship between SRSD and SP.

show abstract

Section: Socially Responsible Supplier Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

2017

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

104

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…There is an increasing global emphasis on policies that support the development of innovative and eco‐friendly technologies, as well as on promoting incentives to enhance AFV adoption among consumers (Browne et al, ; Kesidou and Demirel, ). Yet, innovations depend on the circumstances surrounding the adoption decision generally and the availability of additional resources (Shih and Venkatesh, ; Yeh, ).…”

Section: Conceptual Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Yet, innovations depend on the circumstances surrounding the adoption decision generally and the availability of additional resources (Shih and Venkatesh, ; Yeh, ). Broad AFV adoption is less likely without policies that provide incentives (Kesidou and Demirel, ; Mills, ). Especially in the context of eco‐innovations high in newness, supportive policies are necessary to stimulate the development as well as the adoption and diffusion of corresponding products (Sierzchula et al, ).…”

Section: Conceptual Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ready, Steady, Green: Examining the Effectiveness of External Policies to Enhance the Adoption of Eco‐Friendly Innovations

Heidenreich¹,

Spieth²,

Petschnig³

2017

J of Product Innov Manag

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The development and adoption of eco‐friendly innovations needs to be enhanced to reduce emissions caused by industry and transportation. Companies have been heavily investing in technologies and manufacturing processes to improve the development of eco‐friendly innovations such as alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs). While the long‐term viability of AFVs will be determined by consumer demand, only few consumers are willing to adopt these eco‐friendly innovations. To increase the diffusion of AFVs, it appears crucial to reach a critical mass of adopters and thus the point at which an innovation spreads exponentially through a target market. In this respect, previous research points to the importance of using external policies to turn the early majority into early adopters, which are primarily distinguished by their extent of innovativeness. However, diffusion theory suggests that consumer innovativeness as an innate trait is fairly stable over time and is thus not externally changeable. Yet, external measures might still be effective in strengthening effects of consumer innovativeness, turning the early and perhaps also the late majority into early adopters. Unfortunately, current research on consumer adoption behavior in general and on AFV adoption still lacks studies of the effectiveness of different external measures to turn potential adopters into early adopters by fostering positive effects of consumer innovativeness. This article addresses this shortcoming by empirically analyzing data from 1080 consumer evaluations in the domain of AFVs. Results from structural equation modeling confirm that AFV adoption relates positively to consumer innovativeness and that this effect can be intensified by providing external policies such as infrastructure, incentives, and communication policies.

show abstract

“…Therefore, environmental innovation, as a new pattern of development, has attracted much attention from both researchers and practitioners (Polzin, Von Flotow, & Klerkx, 2016). Unlike traditional innovation, environmental innovation involves the dual externalities of positive R&D spillover and environmental protection, and can enhance a firm's competitive advantage and improve its environmental performance (Faucheux & Nicolaı, 1998;Kesidou & Demirel, 2012;Porter & van der Linde, 1995). Thus, exploring the ways of driving firms' environmental innovation has become one of the core issues in the field of innovation research.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, stakeholder theory regards social public pressure and pressure from competitors as the important drivers of environmental innovation (Egri & Herman, 2000;Wagner, 2007;Kesidou & Demirel, 2012;Río, Peñasco, & Romero-Jordán, 2013;Provasnek, Sentic, & Schmid, 2017;Yu, Lo, & Li, 2017). Some researchers have demonstrated that possessing sufficient resources is a precondition for environmental innovation, while others have found the link between resources and environmental innovation to be inconclusive (Kesidou & Demirel, 2012). (Hambrick & Mason, 1984).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

CEOs' regulatory focus, slack resources and firms' environmental innovation

Liao

Long

2018

Corp Soc Responsibility Env

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

To synthesize the literature on upper echelons theory, regulatory focus theory and the resource-based view, this study examined the relationship of CEOs' regulatory focus, slack resources and firms' environmental innovation. Through the investigation of 191 manufacturing firms in China, we found that a CEO's promotion focus had a positive influence both on the firm's environmental processes and on product innovation, while a CEO's prevention focus had a negative influence. In addition, slack resources moderated the influence of the CEO's promotion focus on a firm's environmental process innovation in a positive way, while also positively moderating the influence of a CEO's prevention focus on a firm's environmental product innovation.Our results indicated that firms could deploy resources based on the CEOs' regulatory focus to facilitate firms' environmental innovation.

show abstract

On the Drivers of Eco-Innovations: Empirical Evidence from the UK

Cited by 75 publications

References 39 publications

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

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

Ready, Steady, Green: Examining the Effectiveness of External Policies to Enhance the Adoption of Eco‐Friendly Innovations

CEOs' regulatory focus, slack resources and firms' environmental innovation

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About