AI capability and environmental sustainability performance: Moderating role of green knowledge management

IF 10.1 1区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL ISSUES

Technology in Society Pub Date : 2025-03-10 DOI:10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102870

Sachin Kumar , Vinod Kumar , Ranjan Chaudhuri , Sheshadri Chatterjee , Demetris Vrontis

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Abstract

The capabilities of AI may not only foster green technology innovations but also enhance the environmental sustainability performance of organizations. Despite this, the interplay between AI capabilities, green technology innovations, and environmental sustainability performance largely remain unexplored in view of green knowledge management. The present study aims to fill this gap by examining the impact of AI capabilities on green technology innovations and ultimately on environmental sustainability performance. This study also examines how green technology innovations mediates between AI capabilities and environmental sustainability performance, and how green knowledge management moderates the relationships between AI capabilities and green technology innovations and between AI capabilities and environmental sustainability performance. To validate the proposed conceptual relationships, data were collected from IT companies of Pune, India from 237 respondents, and they were validated with PLS-SEM 3.0 software. The results of the present study contribute theoretically to the resources-based view, knowledge-based view, dynamic capability, and absorptive capacity theories. Moreover, this study has also contributed practically by revealing the potential of AI capabilities and green technology innovations to enhance environmental sustainability performance through green knowledge management. The insights of the study could also help managers to leverage the AI capabilities to enhance green technology innovations and to improve environmental sustainability performance of organizations.

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CiteScore

17.90

自引率

14.10%

发文量

316

审稿时长

60 days

期刊介绍： Technology in Society is a global journal dedicated to fostering discourse at the crossroads of technological change and the social, economic, business, and philosophical transformation of our world. The journal aims to provide scholarly contributions that empower decision-makers to thoughtfully and intentionally navigate the decisions shaping this dynamic landscape. A common thread across these fields is the role of technology in society, influencing economic, political, and cultural dynamics. Scholarly work in Technology in Society delves into the social forces shaping technological decisions and the societal choices regarding technology use. This encompasses scholarly and theoretical approaches (history and philosophy of science and technology, technology forecasting, economic growth, and policy, ethics), applied approaches (business innovation, technology management, legal and engineering), and developmental perspectives (technology transfer, technology assessment, and economic development). Detailed information about the journal's aims and scope on specific topics can be found in Technology in Society Briefings, accessible via our Special Issues and Article Collections.