Understanding the Impact of Green Operations on Organizational Financial Performance: An Industry Perspective

Ngniatedema, Thomas; Li, Suhong; Illia, Abdou

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“…Although the results differ to some extent from other studies investigating manufacturing firms, industry-wide differences are acknowledged (Hart & Ahuja, 1996;Ngniatedema et al, 2014). Based on the evidence of this study and in comparison to other studies, it can be concluded that environmental innovations have unique effects on performance in the automotive industry.…”

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Does Innovation Pay Off in Terms of Firm Performance? - Evidence from the European Automotive Industry –

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2018

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Given a more intense competition and substantial investments in research and development (R&D), this paper investigates the impact of innovation on performance in the European automotive industry. More specifically, using secondary data for 98 observations and running multiple regression models, this study examines the effect of the number of both total and green patent applications, and R&D intensity on return on assets (ROA). The evidence suggests that both patent applications and R&D intensity have a positive and significant impact on ROA, whereas green patents are marginally insignificant at the 10% significance level. The results have important implications for business leaders in the industry indicating that innovation does indeed improve performance.

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“…Several researchers confirm a positive relationship between environmental innovation and ROA (e.g. Hart & Ahuja, 1996;Ngniatedema, Li, & Illia, 2014;Russo & Fouts, 1997) or Tobin's q (e.g. King & Lenox, 2001), especially in the context of manufacturing firms.…”

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“…Today, we are in the midst of a service revolution that is rapidly transforming industries and changing some fundamental assumptions that we have about business and economics. Increasingly, the size of the service economy's contribution to gross domestic product is more than 70% in the US and other developed countries, while the share of employment in services exceeds 80% in the US and continues to rise (Fitzsimmons and Fitzsimmons, ; Ngniatedema et al , ; Sasser et al , ). These trends imply that further research and discovery is needed to gain an enhanced perspective and insight into these issues, as they are becoming more relevant to organizational stakeholders.…”

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Understanding the Impact of Green Initiatives and Green Performance on Financial Performance in the US

Ngniatedema

Chen

2017

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Sustainable development has received increasing attention in recent literature, driven by increased environmental concerns. We study the influence of green initiatives and green performance on financial performance for the top 500 publicly traded companies in the USA by industry sector. Green initiatives are measured using the concepts Green Pay Link, Sustainability Themed Committee and Audit. Green performance is measured using Energy Productivity, Carbon Productivity, Water Productivity, Waste Productivity and Green Reputation. The results show that green initiatives have a negative impact on Energy Productivity and Green Reputation, and that both green initiatives and green performance have a significant impact on financial performance. These results are mixed and vary by industry sector. The results suggest that companies take a reactive, not proactive, approach in the implementation of green initiatives. In addition, the results suggest that the impact of green performance on financial performance is not immediate, and may take more than a year for companies to observe. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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“…It will also help with positioning organizations according to global supply chain trends mentioned in Section 1. Many studies reported that corporate organizations that are hesitant to invest in sustainable operations are prone to fall behind their competitors [8,57,161,236,[260][261][262]. Some composite KPIs were also evident in the literature.…”

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“…[88,140] Limited co-implementation of lean-driven sustainability principles in service, healthcare and education sectors. [10,92,109,261] Limited research on social dimension of sustainability. A clear bias towards either economic or environmental performance.…”

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A Systematic Literature Review for Better Understanding of Lean Driven Sustainability

Tasdemir

Gazo

2018

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Global trends and factors, such as the increased level of globalization, climate change, resource scarcity, and awareness of social and environmental responsibilities, as well as fiercer competition and lower profit margins in all industries, force organizations to act to retain, regain, or sustain their competitive advantages for long-term survival. These trends and factors are historically known to bring about innovations that drive the evolution of industries. Sustainability is considered to be such an innovation to achieve fiscally sound, environmentally conscious, and socially progressive organizations and supply chains. This study reviewed 477 past articles published in five major databases from 1990 to 2018. The purpose of the study was to assess the current state-of-the art in the subject of lean-driven sustainability. Based on the exhaustive descriptive and contextual analysis, synergies, divergences, and the extent of two-way permeability of lean and sustainability concepts from the perspective of intra-and inter-organizational operations were identified along with future research opportunities. Fundamental strengths and weaknesses of both concepts, existing strong synergies and untapped potential, along with their key contributors, the potential-use cases of lean tools to derive sustainable solutions are highlighted in this review.

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Understanding the Impact of Green Operations on Organizational Financial Performance: An Industry Perspective

Abstract: Measuring the financial effects of “green” activities across manufacturing and service industry sectors

Cited by 11 publications

References 62 publications

Does Innovation Pay Off in Terms of Firm Performance? - Evidence from the European Automotive Industry –

Does Innovation Pay Off in Terms of Firm Performance? - Evidence from the European Automotive Industry –

Understanding the Impact of Green Initiatives and Green Performance on Financial Performance in the US

A Systematic Literature Review for Better Understanding of Lean Driven Sustainability

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