Manufacturers Insights on the Implementation of Eco-industrial Park

The rapid industrialization has brought wealth to national economy with environmental crisis. The concept of eco-industrial park (EIP) development is emerging globally as a new industrial model to achieve sustainable performance. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine relationships between attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control and EIP strategic intention. In addition, the linkage between the strategic intention and perceived sustainability performance of Malaysian manufacturing industries on implementation of EIP is investigated. 78 respondents from the manufacturing industry participated in the study. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed for data analysis. Findings showed that attitude and subjective norm are not positively related to EIP strategic intention, while perceived behavioral control has a positive and significant relationship with EIP strategic intention. Additionally, EIP strategic intention is related positively to perceived sustainability performance on implementation of EIP. This study is expected to contribute to the Malaysian government, practitioners and academicians about EIP strategic intention and perceived sustainability performance on the implementation of EIP in Malaysia.