Afum, E; Issau, K; Agyabeng-Mensah, Y; Baah, C; Dacosta, E; Essandoh, E and Agyenim Boateng, E (2023) The missing links of sustainable supply chain management and green radical product innovation between sustainable entrepreneurship orientation and sustainability performance. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 21(1), pp. 167-187. ISSN 1726-0531
Abstract
Purpose: Anchored on the natural resource-based view and stakeholder theories, this study aims to investigate the mediating roles of sustainable supply chain management and green radical product innovation (GRPI) in the link between sustainable entrepreneurial orientation (SEO) and sustainability performance. Design/methodology/approach: The comprehensive research model developed in this study is empirically tested by using data garnered from 248 managers of Ghanaian small and medium-sized enterprises. Partial least square structural equation modeling is applied as the methodological technique to test all the hypothesized relationships. Findings: Results of the study indicate that SEO has a direct significant positive impact on environmental performance and social performance but not financial performance. However, through sustainable supply chain management and GRPI (both mediating variables), SEO tends to have significant impact on all sustainability performance dimensions (environmental, financial and social performance). Originality/value: This study offers fresh empirical evidence by developing a unified research model that validates the specific mediation role of sustainable supply chain management between SEO and green radical product innovation, as well as the mediating roles of both sustainable supply chain management and GRPI between SEO and sustainability performance dimensions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | environmental performance; financial performance; green radical product innovation; social performance; sustainable entrepreneurial orientation; sustainable supply chain management |
| Index terms: | sustainability performance, natural resource, product innovation, environmental performance, social performance, dimension, entrepreneurship, structural equation modelling, mediation, manager, partial least square, evidence, financial performance, methodology |
| Subjects: | sociology, statistical analysis, research methods, business analysis, sustainability assessment, environmental resource management, health monitoring assessment and metrics, business, evaluation and assessment methods, innovation studies, practitioner, dispute resolution |
| Topics: | Legal Issues, Business Strategy, Health and Safety, Research Practice, Roles and Professions, Sustainability |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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