From Technological Innovation to Sustainability Performance: The Mediating Role of Green Paradigms and the Moderating Role of Institutional Forces
摘要
The rapid degradation of the environment, along with the increasing sustainability requirements, has motivated companies to unite technological success with environmental principles so that the robust and progressive growth could be guaranteed. This paper develops and evaluates an official structural equation, which involves the association between technical innovations (TI), green paradigms (GP), and sustainability outcomes (SO) and also explores the effects of policy restraints, social obstacles, and policy support on the connections. Survey data on 1023 respondents in the industrial, energy and technology industry was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling and 5000 bootstrap samples. The analysis has determined that TI is subsequently a potent forecaster of GP (b = 0.42, p = .001) and SO (b = 0.42, p = .001). Also, GP is a significant predictor of SO (b = 0.35, p < .001) and a partial mediator (indirect b = 0.15, 95% CI [.092,.215]) of the relationship between TI and SO. Reducing significant pathways are policy limits and barriers in the society (b = -0.18 and -0.15, respectively), but policy support enhances the relationship between GP and SO (b = 0.22, p < .001). The model fit variables were very high (CFI = 0.95, RMSEA = 0.045). These results are a great indication of the role of the government and community in the process of technology deployment with the aim of achieving the greatest sustainability benefits. We thoroughly examine some of the policy tools and concepts.