Green innovation to respond to environmental regulation: How external knowledge adoption and green absorptive capacity matter?

被引：362
作者：
Zhang, Jianming [1 ]
Liang, Gongqian [1 ]
Feng, Taiwen [2 ]
Yuan, Chunlin [3 ]
Jiang, Wenbo [1 ]
机构：
[1] Northwestern Polytech Univ, Sch Management, Xian, Peoples R China
[2] Harbin Inst Technol Weihai, Sch Econ & Management, Weihai, Peoples R China
[3] Henan Univ, Business Management Inst, Kaifeng, Peoples R China
来源：
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT | 2020年 / 29卷 / 01期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
environmental regulation; external knowledge adoption; green absorptive capacity; green innovation; stakeholder engagement; sustainable development; FIRM PERFORMANCE; ECO-INNOVATION; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; ETHICAL LEADERSHIP; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; PRODUCT INNOVATION; EMPIRICAL-EVIDENCE; MODERATING ROLE; IMPACT; MANAGEMENT;
D O I：
10.1002/bse.2349
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
Although environmental regulations have been considered as important forces of conducting green innovation, how and under what conditions they affect green innovation are still unclear. Drawing from institutional theory, this study used survey data from 237 manufacturing firms in China to investigate how two dimensions of environmental regulations (i.e., command and control regulation and market-based regulation) affect green product innovation and green process innovation. Further, this article examined the mediating role of external knowledge adoption and the moderating role of green absorptive capacity. Our results indicate that both command and control regulation and market-based regulation have positive influences on external knowledge adoption. External knowledge adoption fully mediates these positive relationships. In addition, green absorptive capacity only strengthens the positive impact of market-based regulation on external knowledge adoption. Our study contributes to institutional theory and green innovation literature.
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页码：39 / 53
页数：15
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