The impact of sustainability exploration and sustainability exploitation practices on the organisational performance: a cross-country comparison

Maletič, Matjaž; Gomišček, Boštjan

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.02.132

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“…For instance, Maletič et al (2015) found that sustainable practices related to SEXPLOR or SEXPLOI can improve business performance by increasing innovation performance [43]. provided evidence that the effect of SEXPLOR and SEXPLOI on firm performance depends on different contextual and motivational conditions, e.g., institutional environments [44]. In general, SEXPLOR and SEXPLOI may lead to a higher performance for firms with environmentally friendly technologies, favorable work-life balance among employees, and long-term relationships with quality suppliers.…”

Section: Sustainability Exploration Innovation and Sustainability Expmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…SEXPLOI refers to a continuous improvement of existing products/designs through exploitation innovation, which aims to reduce the use of materials, water, and energy, to enhance the existing competitive edges [44]. Firms with high levels of SEXPLOI are better able to strengthen and improve existing knowledge and technologies and improve product/service quality, which can enhance their capability to meet market demands [39].…”

Section: The Effects Of Sexplor and Sexploi On Feper And Fbpermentioning

confidence: 99%

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Environmental Regulation, Environmental Commitment, Sustainability Exploration/Exploitation Innovation, and Firm Sustainable Development

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The links among firms’ environmental regulation, innovation process, and sustainable development has been analyzed, but a research gap still remains in terms of environmental commitment and different types of sustainable innovation in firms’ sustainability. Through collecting a dataset of 380 valid respondents from Chinese manufacturing firms, this paper incorporates evironmental regulation, environmental commitment, sustainability exploration innovation, sustainability exploitation innovation, environmental performance, and business performance into a multiple mediating effect model. Our key emperical findings are as follows: (1) Environmental regulation not only cannot affect environmental performance and business performance, but also cannot affect the two types of firm performance through sustainability exploration innovation or sustainability exploitation innovation; (2) The relationship between environmental regulation, environmental performance (or business performance) is subsequently mediated by both environmental commitment and sustainability exploitation innovation; (3) Environmental regulation does not affect environmental performance (or business performance) through environmental commitment and sustainability exploration innovation. These results do, however, support the Porter Hypothesis in terms of revealing a new multiple mediating effect path dominated by environmental commitment and sustainability exploitation innovation. Our findings can provide a better understanding of how environmental commitment and sustainability exploitation innovation play a key effect in helping firms relieve the pressure from environmental regulation, and thus improve their environmental management while keeping their competitive edge.

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Section: Sustainability Exploration Innovation and Sustainability Expmentioning

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“…Therefore, it is important to identify the internal and external factors that drive SPM practices. In the context of the sustainable practices, the stakeholder theory suggests that stakeholders play an important role in pressuring companies to adopt SPM practices, which in turn can lead to a competitive advantage [40,41,57]. As such, the four contingent factors that influence SPM practice are: (1) The organizational learning culture, (2) the advancement of technology, (3) globalization and (4) pressure from stakeholders, in line with the studies of [55][56][57][58]…”

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Contingent Factors and Sustainable Performance Measurement (SPM) Practices of Malaysian Electronics and Electrical Companies

2019

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In the present world, there is a rapidly growing level of awareness of social and environmental activities. Consequently, a company’s profile is not substantiated purely in relation to financial issues, rather, a need for the inclusion of environmental and social perspectives arises. This is known as sustainable performance. Hence, there is a persistent need for the practice of sustainable performance measurements (SPMs). However, despite the implementation of sustainable performance in developed climes like Europe, the US and the UK, the relevance of sustainable performance is still at a low in developing societies such as Malaysia. The main purpose of this paper is to determine the critical success factors that are attributable to sustainable performance measurement practices for Malaysian electronics and electrical (E and E) companies, as their success is subject to intense scrutiny from their developed competitors, with respect to compliance with social and environmental regulations. A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted on 217 E and E companies. The path analysis and test of the hypotheses were carried out through structural equation modelling. This study has successfully unveiled a comprehensive SPM model with unprecedented scope, stretching from factors to indicators of a SPM model for Malaysian E and E companies. The findings indicate that pressure from stakeholders and globalization are the driving forces for E and E companies to be more proactive in sustainable practices. In this context, stakeholders, especially policy makers, should play the leading political and social roles in encouraging the adoption of SPMs in developing nations. It must be noted that E and E companies are likely to transform their learning culture and technology in terms of working towards sustainable practices once they have realized the financial benefits of adopting SPMs. With these benefits, a compounding effect due to SPMs will be created among E and E companies, where excellent performance can be achieved continuously. A major limitation of this study is the adoption of the contingency theory, which is yet to have a wide application in this area of study. Meanwhile, future research can be longitudinal in nature in addition to focusing on non-profit organizations.

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“…Despite the differences among countries in relation to the economic, social, and environmental aspects of CSR practices [51], stakeholder pressures and influences on environmental practices have been addressed in many studies [6,8,52]. However, how CSR practices in relation to one stakeholder impact on those of others is not fully understood.…”

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The Factors Affecting the Environmental Practices of Companies: The Case of Serbia

2019

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Environmental practices are often considered external to the business, and the impacts of self-regulation and other CSR company practices on environmental practices are important but not fully understood-especially in transitional and developing countries. The aim of this paper is to explore factors that influence the environmental practices of companies operating in Serbia. We observed four types of self-regulations (core values, codes of conduct, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001); the level of CSR practices in relationships with employees, customers, the local community, and society, and related to business transparency; as well as company features related to types of operations (manufacturing vs. service), size, and internationalization (multinational ownership and export activities). Based on the SEM analysis of data collected from 178 companies operating in Serbia, the findings showed that smaller, manufacturing companies that applied the observed types of self-regulations, which have a higher level of employee relations and are more social and community involved, are more likely to have higher levels of environmental practice. Among the observed self-regulation types, only ISO 14001 certification proved to have an individual effect on company environmental practices. However, our results also showed that the influence of core values, applied codes of conduct, and ISO 9001 certification cannot be neglected.Sustainability 2019, 11, 5960 2 of 17 the decoupling phenomenon, the discrepancy between policies and practice, or the formal adoption of self-regulation by a company that does not become incorporated into the day-to-day routine [16] has its roots in the company's intention to communicate more than achieve [11]. The public disclosure of self-regulations related to environmental activities in order to present a proactive environmental image by providing greenwashing [3] raises concerns related to the effectiveness of such self-regulations.

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The impact of sustainability exploration and sustainability exploitation practices on the organisational performance: a cross-country comparison

Cited by 57 publications

References 71 publications

Environmental Regulation, Environmental Commitment, Sustainability Exploration/Exploitation Innovation, and Firm Sustainable Development

Environmental Regulation, Environmental Commitment, Sustainability Exploration/Exploitation Innovation, and Firm Sustainable Development

Contingent Factors and Sustainable Performance Measurement (SPM) Practices of Malaysian Electronics and Electrical Companies

The Factors Affecting the Environmental Practices of Companies: The Case of Serbia

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