Green Innovation and Sustainability Performance: Exploring the Impact of Green Supply Chain Management, Absorptive Capacity, and Institutional Pressures

IF 3.2 Q3 BUSINESS

Thunderbird International Business Review Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI:10.1002/tie.70016

Benjamin Adelwini Bugri, Abdul Samed Muntaka, John Mensah

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This study fills the gap that exists in the context of developing economies by analyzing the influence of green supply chain management (GSCM), absorptive capacity, and institutional pressures on the relationship between green innovation and sustainability performance. Based on the natural resource-based view (NRBV), dynamic capability theory, and institutional theory, the study seeks to examine the roles of GSCM, absorptive capacity, and institutional pressures on the direct relationship between green innovation and sustainability performance. Data were collected from 370 senior supply chain professionals in private firms in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana and analyzed using covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM). The results indicate that green innovation has a positive effect on GSCM. It also indicates that GSCM mediates the relationship between green innovation and sustainability performance. However, absorptive capacity and institutional pressures do not moderate the direct relationship. The study adds to literature by discussing the interconnection of several variables in order to solve the problems of sustainability in developing countries and provides managerial recommendations for leaders and managers regarding how to manage innovation and supply chain networks in order to increase sustainability.

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绿色创新与可持续发展绩效：探讨绿色供应链管理、吸收能力和制度压力的影响

本研究通过分析绿色供应链管理（GSCM）、吸收能力和制度压力对绿色创新与可持续绩效关系的影响，填补了发展中经济体背景下存在的空白。本文基于自然资源基础理论、动态能力理论和制度理论，探讨了绿色供应链、吸收能力和制度压力在绿色创新与可持续发展绩效之间的直接关系中的作用。从加纳大阿克拉地区私营公司的370名高级供应链专业人员中收集数据，并使用基于协方差的结构方程模型（CB-SEM）进行分析。结果表明，绿色创新对GSCM具有正向影响。GSCM在绿色创新与可持续发展绩效之间具有中介作用。然而，吸收能力和制度压力并不能缓和这种直接关系。该研究通过讨论几个变量之间的相互联系来解决发展中国家的可持续性问题，并为领导者和管理者提供关于如何管理创新和供应链网络以增加可持续性的管理建议。

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期刊介绍： Thunderbird International Business Review is a peer-reviewed journal that is published six times a year in cooperation with the Thunderbird School of Global Business Management, the world"s leading institution in the education of global managers. The journal"s aim is to advance and disseminate research in the field of international business. Its main target audience includes academicians and executives in business and government who have an interest in international business.