Frontiers in Psychology (Jun 2022)

The Effects of Green Intellectual Capital on Green Innovation: A Green Supply Chain Integration Perspective

  • Danping Liu,
  • Danping Liu,
  • Xiao Yu,
  • Mei Huang,
  • Mei Huang,
  • Shaohua Yang,
  • Salmi Mohd Isa,
  • Mao Hu,
  • Mao Hu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.830716
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13

Abstract

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To demonstrate how green innovation (GI) effectively occurs, this study examines the effects of green intellectual capital (GIC) on GI from the perspective of green supply chain integration (GSCI). Based on a natural-resource-based view and knowledge-based view, the authors constructed an intermediary model of GIC-GSCI-GI, and analyzed the effects of green absorptive ability (GAA) and relationship learning ability (RLA) as moderators. An empirical survey of 328 Chinese manufacturing companies was conducted. Our results indicate that three dimensions of GIC positively impact GI. The mediating effects of internal and external GSCI exist in the relationship between GIC and GI. The moderating effects of GAA and RLA in these effects were also verified. Our study provides further empirical evidence for the relationship between GIC and GI, highlights the effects of companies’ internal and external abilities on GI, and suggests new ways and implementation contexts for GI.

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