Towards environmental sustainability adoption in construction firms: An empirical analysis of market orientation and organizational innovativeness impacts

Bamgbade, Jibril Adewale; Kamaruddeen, Ahmed Mohammed; Nawi, Mohd Nasrun Mohd

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2017.04.015

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“…If a firm is considered to be high market orientation, this leads greater inter-organizational learning, which in turn increases the firm competitive advantage. This result support from the previous work by providing an argument that inter-organizational learning is essential to explain the relationship between market orientation and firm competitive advantage (Najafi-Tavani et al , 2016) through supporting the product development to meet the customers’ demands (Bamgbade et al , 2017).…”

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Achieving sustainable competitive advantage through green entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation

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Purpose This paper aims to examine the role of the inter-organizational learning contributing in transforming the green entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation to the improvement of sustainable competitive advantages. Design/methodology/approach The structural equation model was established to explain the complex relationship between green entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation and sustainable competitive advantage. To test the hypothesis, this study used partial least square with data from a survey of 280 firms. Findings There is a strong tendency that the inter-organizational learning plays a pivotal role as an intervening variable that operates by receiving the input from green entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation, which plays as the exogenous construct. Hence, the greater inter-organizational learning leads the firms to achieve the greater sustainable competitive advantage. Originality/value This study extends the discussion on how organization should contribute to the well-being of the economic, social and environmental system by investigating the role of inter-organizational learning in achieving the sustainable competitive advantage.

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“…Innovative processes in construction firms have been regarded as a way of optimizing material and energy (Bamgbade et al. ). Therefore, from the organizational perspective, a technical and management approach could be to promote innovation and research of alternatives that imply less demand for petroleum products.…”

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Organization Environmental Footprint through Input‐Output Analysis: A Case Study in the Construction Sector

Martínez

Arroyo²,

Marín

et al. 2018

J of Industrial Ecology

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Summary The implementation of global sustainability has gained worldwide attention in recent years. The Organization Environmental Footprint, which encompasses 14 impact categories, is a multicriteria measure of the environmental performance of goods and services provided by an organization from a life cycle perspective. In this article, the focus is on quantifying the Organization Environmental Footprint of a construction company in Spain. By applying an environmentally extended input‐output approach, its total footprint and impacts along the supply chain from two consecutive years were calculated. The results show that the environmental impacts from the second year of implementation were significantly higher than those from the first year. The impact category climate change was found to have experienced the greatest increase from one year to the other, with a 31% increase. This work provides an overview of 14 environmental impact categories of the company assessed, as well as recommendations for the implementation of this indicator in companies and public procurement. This approach could pave the way to shape organizations’ action plans and meet the European environmental challenges.

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“…The former is associated with adopting technologies in products, services, and processes to improve environmental performance. In contrast, management innovation involves changes in a firm's internal structure, such as the use of Environmental Management System (EMS) (Cheng, Yang and Sheu, 2014), partnering and supply chains (Fernando and Wah, 2017;Ozorhon and Oral, 2017), improved human resources development (Cainelli, De Marchi and Grandinetti, 2015), and new policies, procedures and organisational approaches (Bamgbade, Kamaruddeen and Nawi, 2017) that stimulate the importance of environmental considerations. EI adoption utilises technology and management to produce new products and processes that positively impact the environment (Lim and Peltner, 2011).…”

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“…The eco-innovative process has been suggested as the way forward to merge innovation and environmental sustainability (Sanni, 2017;Reid and Miedzinski, 2008. The Malaysian government and non-governmental organisations have initiated various actions to raise awareness of green practices; however, the involvement of contractor firms in adopting green and eco-innovative practices within their business operations and projects remains insufficient (Bamgbade, Kamaruddeen and Nawi, 2017;Bohari, et al, 2015). In addition, the focus on construction innovation and eco-movement concerns have the opposite effect, whereby the environmental impact is often neglected (Xue et al, 2014;Zhiwei, Chen and San, 2014).…”

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Eco-innovation Adoption in Malaysian Contractor Firms: Understanding the Components and Drivers

Isa¹,

Abidin

2021

CEB

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Eco-innovation (EI) is a concept that integrates eco-consciousness within innovation development. While EI has been widely applied in the manufacturing industry, its adoption in the construction sector remains uncertain. The rising concern of environmental impacts on construction necessitates the importance of finding more innovative ways to push environmental needs within the complexity of projects’ design and methods. Contractors hold a strategic position to promote and adopt EI into management, construction, and development. This paper explores 1) the adoption level of EI practices and 2) the relationship between the adoption of EI practices and the factors that drive EI, within the Malaysian contractor firms. A questionnaire survey was developed using 18 EI components and four driving factors. A total of 95 Grade G7 contractor firms responded to the survey. The survey revealed that the level of EI adoption in contractor firms is still at a moderate pace. The results showed that organisational EI is a crucial component that supports the firm’s eco-innovative management approach to improve firm’s environmental performance. The results indicated that all four driving factors have a positive relationship with the implementation of EI. Technology factor was identified as crucial in influencing better adoption of EI in contractor firms. Findings from this study are beneficial to develop a framework on strategies to increase the EI adoption rate among the contractor firms and deepen the understanding of EI implementation at the firm level, further extending to the project site level.

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Towards environmental sustainability adoption in construction firms: An empirical analysis of market orientation and organizational innovativeness impacts

Cited by 29 publications

References 72 publications

Achieving sustainable competitive advantage through green entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation

Achieving sustainable competitive advantage through green entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation

Organization Environmental Footprint through Input‐Output Analysis: A Case Study in the Construction Sector

Eco-innovation Adoption in Malaysian Contractor Firms: Understanding the Components and Drivers

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