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Business
Makhmoor Bashir, Abdulaziz Alfalih, Sudeepta Pradhan
Summary: This study examines the impact of managerial ties on business model innovation and firm performance in Saudi-based SMEs. The results show that managerial ties have a positive effect on firm performance, and business model innovation mediates this relationship. However, the moderating role of environmental turbulence was not confirmed.
JOURNAL OF INNOVATION & KNOWLEDGE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Wenhan Wu, Wenzhuo Wu, Kouhua Wu, Chen Ding, Chenya Fan
Summary: The main purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of green product and process innovation on the competitive advantages of the Chinese automobile industry during COVID-19, and to examine the mediating role of corporate environmental ethics and the moderating role of corporate environmental management in this relationship.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Social Issues
Sebaka Lapologang, Shuliang Zhao
Summary: This study examines the impact of environmental policy mechanisms on green innovation performance by utilizing survey data from 499 heavy industries in South Africa. The findings reveal that command-control and market-based policy measures have a positive influence on environmental disclosure. Additionally, the study discovers the strengthening effect of political ties on the relationship between environmental disclosure and green innovation performance. This study highlights the importance of theoretical advancements and practical implications, contributing to the existing body of knowledge on the complex interplay between environmental policy, political ties, environmental disclosure, and green innovation performance.
TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Umair Khan, Weili Liu
Summary: This research examines the impact of environmental responsible human resources management (ER-HRM) practices on energy-intensive manufacturing. The findings indicate that the ability aspect of ER-HRM practice has the highest influence on green technology innovation and organizational effectiveness. The research also proves that green technology innovation partially mediates the relationship between ER-HRM practice and organizational effectiveness.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yuling Shi, Wanming Chen, Yapu Zhao, Qian Xu
Summary: The study explores how entrepreneurs' different statuses influence corporate environmental actions. The results show that political status has a positive impact, economic status has a U-shaped relationship, and firm size moderates the effects of these statuses.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Umair Khan, Weili Liu
Summary: Internal auditing plays an important role in corporate governance, influencing corporate sustainability, firm performance, and environmental performance. This study uses empirical evidence and hypothesis testing to show that internal audit functionality and corporate governance significantly impact these aspects. Therefore, top managers should prioritize internal audit functionality and use corporate governance to enhance corporate sustainability and performance.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chunlian Zhang, Danni Chen
Summary: Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has become a buzzword in investment circles, and our study explores the impact of ESG scores on corporate green innovation using Chinese listed A-shares in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2010-2019. We find that higher ESG evaluation positively affects firms' green innovation performance, and this contribution is achieved through improving corporate investment efficiency and government-enterprise relations. Our research emphasizes the importance of corporate participation in ESG practices for achieving win-win environmental, social, and economic results and provides empirical references for promoting corporate green development and improving the ESG evaluation system.
Article
Business
Thanakorn Suriyapongprapai, Pattanaporn Chatjuthamard, Arnat Leemakdej, Sirimon Treepongkaruna
Summary: The study found that military ties in Thailand can influence firm performance, especially during military-led government. This relationship is primarily driven by indirect ties through the National Defence College of Thailand in general market conditions, but this trend changes during military government.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business
Wei Jiang, Kui Wang, Kevin Zheng Zhou
Summary: Building on the co-evolutionary perspective, this study examines the reciprocal and co-evolving relationship between political ties and green innovation in the face of institutional and environmental changes. Using panel data for Chinese listed private firms from 2013 to 2016, the findings suggest that political ties have an overall positive impact on green innovation. Furthermore, political ties and green innovation mutually reinforce each other in less developed regions or highly polluted areas, while green innovation discourages the formation of political ties in regions with higher institutional development or less environmental pollution. These findings provide novel insights into the co-evolution and co-alignment of political strategy, green innovation, institutions, and environments in emerging economies.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Biswajit Sarkar, Mehran Ullah, Mitali Sarkar
Summary: The rapid advancement of technology requires the massive development of innovative green products to address global warming issues. This study focuses on considering the environmental risks associated with innovative green product manufacturing in an uncertain environment with insufficient information. Three models are developed based on different production strategies for two types of innovative green products. The models utilize a distribution-free approach to deal with random variables and introduce the concept of green innovation through remanufacturing to improve waste management. The findings suggest that highly green innovative products perform better under high uncertainties in demand and supply. Furthermore, new green products should only be introduced if their expected profit exceeds the loss of existing products. The policy innovation of remanufacturing is more cost-effective compared to traditional innovation policies. The models are solved with numerical examples and sensitivity analysis is performed to evaluate their robustness.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sohail Ahmad Javeed, Nan Zhou, Xiang Cai, Rashid Latief
Summary: This study focuses on business environmental strategies in green innovation and evaluates the importance of corporate management for green innovation. The findings show that companies with environmental strategies and good corporate management are more likely to implement green innovation practices.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xiaoyang Xu, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Ayaz, Sonia Lohana
Summary: This research examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility, firm environmental performance, and firm financial performance, as well as the mediating role of green technology innovation. The results show a positive and significant relationship between CSR and FEP and FFP, mediated by green technology innovation. The findings provide practical implications for manufacturing firms to improve CSR and green technology innovation for better financial and environmental performance.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Thanh Tiep Le
Summary: This study examines the relationship between corporate green strategy and sustainable firm performance for SMEs in an emerging economy, focusing on the mediating role of corporate social responsibility and green innovation. The study provides an integrated model that combines green strategy, green corporate social responsibility, and green innovation, aiming to facilitate enterprise development, improve environmental performance, and achieve sustainable competitive advantages and firm sustainability. The findings contribute to the existing literature and provide strategic thinking for long-term business development towards a sustainable balance of economic, social, and environmental benefits.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Management
Hong Zhang, Chudi Yang, Weiguo Zhong
Summary: Drawing from political connection literature, this study distinguishes between horizontal (block ties with regions) and vertical (line ties with departments) political ties, and examines their impact on firm innovation using a panel of Chinese public-listed private firms. The findings reveal that firms with executives possessing block ties exhibit lower levels of innovation, particularly in regions with less developed markets. In contrast, line ties are found to increase firm innovation, especially in regions with more developed markets. However, the effect of line ties is weakened when regional governments prioritize innovation. This research contributes to the understanding of the relationship between political ties and firm innovation, the heterogeneity of political ties, and the interplay between political ties and the institutional environment.
ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Naila Nureen, Da Liu, Muhammad Irfan, Cem Isik
Summary: Climate change concerns and the immense usage of fossil fuels have posed severe challenges to sustainable development in developing countries. The government has effectively employed green practices to tackle these challenges. This study investigates the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on firm performance in a developing country (China) by analyzing data from 650 respondents in manufacturing firms. The results show that CSR does not directly affect firm performance. However, it is positively related to green transformational leadership and green innovation, which in turn improve firm performance. Furthermore, green innovation and green transformational leadership mediate the relationship between CSR and firm performance. This study provides valuable insights for managers and policymakers in managing CSR, green innovation, and green transformational leadership to enhance firm performance.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lars odegaard Bentsen, Narada Dilp Warakagoda, Roy Stenbro, Paal Engelstad
Summary: This study investigates uncertainty modeling in wind power forecasting using different parametric and non-parametric methods. Johnson's SU distribution is found to outperform Gaussian distributions in predicting wind power. This research contributes to the literature by introducing Johnson's SU distribution as a candidate for probabilistic wind forecasting.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xing Liu, Qiuchen Wang, Yunhao Wen, Long Li, Xinfang Zhang, Yi Wang
Summary: This study analyzes the characteristics of process parameters in three lean gas ethane recovery processes and establishes a prediction and multiobjective optimization model for ethane recovery and system energy consumption. A new method for comparing ethane recovery processes for lean gas is proposed, and the addition of extra coolers improves the ethane recovery. The support vector regression model based on grey wolf optimization demonstrates the highest prediction accuracy, and the multiobjective multiverse optimization algorithm shows the best optimization performance and diversity in the solutions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Cairong Song, Haidong Yang, Xian-Bing Meng, Pan Yang, Jianyang Cai, Hao Bao, Kangkang Xu
Summary: The paper proposes a novel deep learning-based prediction framework, aTCN-LSTM, for accurate cooling load predictions. The framework utilizes a gate-controlled multi-head temporal convolutional network and a sparse probabilistic self-attention mechanism with a bidirectional long short-term memory network to capture both temporal and long-term dependencies in the cooling load sequences. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method, which can serve as an effective guide for HVAC chiller scheduling and demand management initiatives.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhe Chen, Xiaojing Li, Xianli Xia, Jizhou Zhang
Summary: This study uses survey data from the Loess Plateau in China to evaluate the impact of social interaction on the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) technology by farmers. The study finds that social interaction increases the likelihood of farmers adopting SWC, and internet use moderates this effect. The positive impact of social interaction on SWC adoption is more pronounced for farmers in larger villages and those who join cooperative societies.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chenghua Zhang, Yunfei Yan, Kaiming Shen, Zongguo Xue, Jingxiang You, Yonghong Wu, Ziqiang He
Summary: This paper reports a novel method that significantly improves combustion performance, including heat transfer enhancement under steady-state conditions and adaptive stable flame regulation under velocity sudden increase.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2024)