Green innovation as a sustainable alternative to strengthen cocoa cultivation

PurposeBased on the new stakeholder theory, this study aims to investigate the interplay of corporate social responsibility (CSR), green innovation and institutional support by revealing the mediating role of green product innovation and green process innovation, and the moderating role of institutional support.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire was employed to collect data from 232 Chinese manufacturing firms. The proposed hypotheses were tested using regression analysis.FindingsThe results show that CSR not only directly enhances firm performance but also indirectly influences it through green innovation, encompassing green product and green process innovation. Moreover, institutional support plays a crucial moderating role in the relationship between green process innovation and firm performance.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the existing literature on the new stakeholder theory and green innovation by elucidating the direct and indirect influence of CSR on firm performance, the mediating role of green innovation, and the moderating role of institutional support. It provides valuable insights for academia and manufacturing firms seeking to leverage CSR, green innovation and institutional support in driving sustainable business success.

PurposeDeveloping eco-friendly businesses through green process innovation and green product innovation has become prevalent in generating profits and demonstrating environmental responsibility. However, contemporary hospitality management research has overlooked the impact of green training in influencing green process innovation and green product innovation. The focal study aims to understand how green training can foster green process innovation and green product innovation. We aim to examine dual mediating mechanisms, such as adaptive capability and environmental orientation, to assess the connection between green training, green process innovation and green product innovation.Design/methodology/approachThe study analyzed 308 responses from middle and junior-level managers working in five-star hotels in China through structural equation modeling.FindingsThe results exhibit that managers’ green training positively relates to green process innovation and green product innovation. The evidence specifies that adaptive capability and environmental orientation are dual mediation mechanisms connecting green training to green process innovation and green product innovation.Research limitations/implicationsThe research model has been tested in Chinese hotels; the scholar community can expand to other service industries, specifically healthcare, education institutes, transportation, and government services. This research emphasized green training as a GHR practice; researchers could focus on other human resource tools, such as recruitment and selection, rewards and benefits, talent management, and employee engagement, to research their influence on green innovation management.Practical implicationsThis work has practical implications for academics, managers and policymakers, demonstrating that disseminating green training programs can help achieve green process innovation and green product innovation in the environmental sustainability agenda. Further, adaptive capability and environmental orientation should also be fostered among the organizational members to increase green process innovation and green product innovation.Originality/valueThis study advances the natural resource-based view by discovering a dual mediation mechanism that provides insights into how green training can shape green process innovation and green product innovation in organizations.

This study examines the competitiveness of Ghana’s cocoa by assessing the performance and determinants of cocoa export from Ghana. Competitiveness of the country in cocoa exports was assessed using the Pearson's Correlation model and Linear Regression model using SPSS and STATA respectively. Time series data on Ghana’s cocoa production and exports and GDP from 2000 to 2014 were collected and analyzed using Pearson Correlation Statistics that were adopted in SPSS. The first analysis was to find the relationship between total cocoa products exports in US$ (including raw cocoa beans and processed cocoa products) and factors such as the real world prices of cocoa (US$/MT) between 2000 and 2014, the gross domestic product of Ghana, the amount of Cocoa beans produced (in tonnes) and processed cocoa exports. The outcome of the analyses revealed that Ghana has comparative advantage in the exportation of cocoa, that Ghana is highly competitive in exports of cocoa beans, total cocoa products and processed cocoa exports. In spite of improvements observed in the country’s export performance over the past three decades, there is potential for further improvement, based on the SPSS and STATA results. The study proceeds to propose measures eminent in ensuring robust cocoa production and consequential exports. Keywords ： Competitiveness, cocoa export, determinants, real world price, gross domestic price. DOI : 10.7176/JESD/10-6-05 Publication date :March 31 st 2019

This study explored how green transformational leadership, green organizational identity, and green innovation affect performance. It also looked at the role of green organizational identity in mediating the relationship between green transformational leadership and green innovation, as well as the role of green innovation in mediating the relationship between green organizational leadership and performance. PLS–SEM was used to analyze 885 responses collected from Egyptian travel agency Category A employees. The results highlighted a significant and positive effect of green transformational leadership on green organizational identity, innovation, and performance. As well, the results depicted that green organizational identity affects significantly both green innovation and performance. The results also revealed that green organizational identity plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between green transformational leadership and innovation. Moreover, the results clarified that green innovation plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between green transformational leadership and performance. The study contributes to the theoretical understanding of green transformational leadership and performance in the tourism and hospitality industries. In practice, the study includes suggestions to managers in the tourism and hospitality industries on how to improve green innovation and performance through green transformational leadership. Limitations and future research directions were outlined.

This study has the purpose to analyze the different relations between the green innovation and the green technology leading to the green technology innovation processes. It is assumed that both elements green innovation and green technology are closely interrelated in the development of green technology innovation in organizations. The method employed is the meta-analysis supported by the reflective and descriptive methods used in the conceptual, theoretical and empirical literature reviews on the topics. Finally, some conclusions are presented to confirm the strong relationships between the green innovation and the green technology to create and develop the green technology innovation in organizations.

This study has the purpose to analyze the different relations between the green innovation and the green technology leading to the green technology innovation processes. It is assumed that both elements green innovation and green technology are closely interrelated in the development of green technology innovation in organizations. The method employed is the meta-analysis supported by the reflective and descriptive methods used in the conceptual, theoretical and empirical literature reviews on the topics. Finally, some conclusions are presented to confirm the strong relationships between the green innovation and the green technology to create and develop the green technology innovation in organizations.

PurposeBuilding on performance feedback and threat-rigidity theories, this study aims to argue that environmental performance shortfalls are powerful motivators for shaping green innovation strategies. To examine our argument, this study extends the theoretical logic to organizational ambidexterity and examines green exploitation and exploration innovation and relative green ambidexterity as organizational responses to environmental performance shortfalls. This study addresses how environmental performance shortfalls affect the implementation of green exploitation and exploration innovation and relative green ambidexterity and how this chosen green innovation strategy affects corporate environmental performance.Design/methodology/approachThe authors test their theory using 145 sample firms’ environmental performance data spanning 2015 to 2021 and conduct a content analysis of their 697 sustainability reports spanning 2017 to 2021.FindingsThis paper finds that environmental performance shortfalls positively affect green exploitation innovation and relative green exploitation innovation and negatively affect green exploration innovation and relative green exploration innovation. It also finds that green exploration innovation and relative green exploration innovation positively affect environmental performance but that green exploitation innovation and relative green exploitation innovation negatively affect environmental performance.Originality/valueThe findings support the premise that environmental performance feedback guides the direction of strategic choices and actions related to green innovation and confirm the decisive role of green exploration innovation in improving environmental performance. This study augments performance feedback, threat-rigidity and organizational ambidexterity theories in the environmental management context.

Encouraging the growth of Indonesia’s agricultural sector is important for improving the export performance of Indonesia’s leading commodities. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of the IDR exchange rate and the shock of the determinants of cocoa exports on the growth of Indonesian cocoa exports. The research was conducted using time series data from 1969-2017. This study uses the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). The analysis showed that the data is stationary at the first difference. The causality test shows that cocoa production, IDR exchange rate, GDP affect the growth of Indonesian cocoa exports, but world cocoa prices have no effect on cocoa exports. The results of the impulse response factor (IRF) analysis show that the response of cocoa exports to changes in the exchange rate is more volatile when compared to the response of production, GDP, and world cocoa prices to Indonesian cocoa exports. Analysis of variance decomposition shows that the contribution of the IDR exchange rate to export growth is greater than the contribution of world cocoa prices, GDP, and production at the beginning of exports, however over time the influence of the IDR exchange rate will decrease and it is the number of production factors that will affect Indonesia’s cocoa exports. Indonesia needs to increase production by maintaining the quality of cocoa according to export needs considering the demand for cocoa that will continue to increase. Bilateral or multilateral cooperation is needed to strengthen cocoa export cooperation with major importing.

Manufacturing companies have come under pressure to reduce their negative environmental impact. In response, these companies have implemented environmentally sustainable practices in their organizations and adopted green innovations. The present study aims to analyze: (i) whether environmentally sustainable behaviors followed in manufacturing small and media‐sized enterprises (SME) encourage the adoption of green product/service innovation, green process innovation, and green organizational innovation and (ii) the main difficulties/constraints felt by SME managers in adopting both environmental sustainable practices and green innovations. An online questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 3184 manufacturing SMEs. The quantitative analysis was performed using the Partial Least Square (PLS) method. The results reveal that companies' previously pro‐environmental practices positively influenced the adoption of green innovations. Following environmentally sustainable practices was positively associated with adopting (by decreasing order): green process innovation, green product/service innovation and green organizational innovation.

This study analyses differences in the development of green innovation among manufacturing firms in the Valencian Community, Spain. Based on factors related to technological intensity, territorial integration and internationalisation, this research assesses whether firms follow different patterns when it comes to engage in product- and process-related green innovation. The findings indicate that the industry's technological intensity is a catalyst for green innovation development, with technologically advanced sectors demonstrating a higher intensity in the adoption of green products and production processes. Moreover, territorial anchoring, based on industrial cluster membership, enhances green product innovation, while the demands for international markets are positively associated with both green product and process innovation. The findings have important implications for regional economic development, highlighting the need for developing business and institutional specific support strategies for low technology-intensive sectors, strengthening industrial clusters as collaborative ecosystems, and supporting firms' internationalisation for greater corporate sustainability.

Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises are currently receiving more attention from the government, as reflected in the downstream program which until now is still the main focus of the government. MSMEs play an important role in the Indonesian economy. It is important for MSMEs to continue to grow and survive by implementing renewable strategies. Green Innovation is a qualified strategic choice at this time in line with the increasing public awareness of environmental sustainability through the implementation of green product innovations and green process innovations. Muara Penimbung Village which is a village that is familiar with songket craftsmen. The diversity of educational backgrounds and people's livelihoods is one of the factors that makes songket MSMEs in Muara Penimbung Village need understanding and knowledge related to green innovation for the sustainability of their business. Based on the results and discussions of the service that has been carried out, it can be concluded that green innovation specially process innovation and green products, is an innovation needed by Songket MSMEs, with a more environmentally friendly process and products produced by combining safer materials by paying attention to consumer health provides value for Songket MSME owners.

The significance of environmental taxes (ET) and green innovation has become paramount, particularly in light of the post-COP27 objectives and SDGs. This research contributes to the existing body of literature by exzuing the effects of environmental taxes (13), green innovation (SDG-9), green taxes, and financial development (SDG-17) on sustainable environmental quality. Furthermore, this study also investigated the moderating effect of green innovation on the relationship between environmental technologies and GHG emissions. The research utilized data from 36 OECD countries, covering the period from 1990 to 2020, employing DOLS (Dynamic Ordinary Least Square), FMOLS (Fully Modified Ordinary Least Square), and CCR (Canonical Cointegration Regression) methods to evaluate the long-run relationship among the variables. Further, Method of Moment Quantile Regression (MMQR) approach is also employed to reflect the diversity in the association patterns among variables at varying quantiles. Non-parametric BSQR (Bootstrapped Quantile Regression) approach is used to check the robustness of the results. The results demonstrate that the parameters remain consistent in terms of their differences, and there is evidence of long-term cointegration among the variables. The study revealed that the implementation of ET, environmental innovation, financial development, and trade openness has a significant impact on reducing GHG emissions. Moreover, green innovation moderates the association of environmental technologies and GHG emissions. Based on the estimations, the research offers pertinent policy recommendations to policymakers about environmental sustainability. It is crucial to include regulatory policies that promote the use of ET and the adoption of green innovative technologies and investments in the agenda of environmental technological progress to accelerate green technology innovation in OECD countries.

ABSTRACTNet zero emission and attainment of SDG‐13 was the core agenda in COP 26, 27, and 28. In this regard, the present study measures the nexus between environmental policy stringency, renewable energy, green technology innovation, globalization, and carbon emissions. The CS‐ARDL model is utilized to study the said variables in G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States) nations. Results reveal that carbon emissions, renewable energy, environmental policy stringency, and globalization are positively associated with green technology innovation and strongly impact the development and implementation of green innovations in the long run, particularly by CO2 emission. Whereas in the short run, the aforementioned associations and impacts are weak and less impactful besides carbon emissions with green innovation. Overall findings show that green technology innovation is the powerful and most crucial tool for the reduction of carbon emissions and climate change impacts. Policy implications are suggested to attain the net zero emission and SDG‐13 in G7 nations through green innovation and its associated products, processes, and practices.

This contribution analysis some determinants of cocoa export in Nigeria in the era of free trade. Using Johansen cointegration and OLS regression methods, the cointegration results show there exists a long- run equilibrium relationship between cocoa exports and the explanatory variables such as quantity of cocoa production, domestic consumption and the world price in Nigeria. More so, the OLS results provide a positive relationship between cocoa export and world price, trade openness, REER, and quantity of world cocoa export (statistically significant at the 0.01 and 0.05 levels). However, the results show an inverse association between cocoa export and domestic cocoa consumption (statistically significant at 0.01 level). The findings indicate that Nigeria has a comparative advantage in cocoa export. The Nigerian government and partners should create an enabling environment and some incentives to stimulate cocoa producers and traders by subsidizing farm inputs, and providing affordable loans to them to ensure sustainable cocoa production and export in the country.

The role of organizational innovation in the development of green innovations in Spanish firms