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The Effect of Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility on Environmental Performance and Business Competitiveness: The Mediation of Green Information Technology Capital
- Source :
- Journal of Business Ethics. 150:991-1009
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- With the emergence of environmental sustainability and green business management, increasing demands have been made on businesses in the areas of environmental corporate social responsibility (ECSR). Furthermore, the influence of ECSR on green capital investment, environmental performance, and business competitiveness has also been the subject of attention from enterprises. However, in previous studies, the mediating role of green information technology (IT) capital in the relationship between ECSR, environmental performance, and business competitiveness, has not been investigated by researchers. In order to bridge this gap in the ECSR literature, this study aims to examine the influence of ECSR on green IT capital, and the consequent effect of green IT capital on environmental performance and business competitiveness. Data were collected from 358 companies from the top 1000 manufacturers in Taiwan. The results confirmed that ECSR has significant positive effects on green IT human capital, green IT structural capital, and green IT relational capital. Green IT structural capital and green IT relational capital have positive effects on environmental performance and business competitiveness, and environmental performance has a positive effect on business competitiveness. In addition, green IT structural capital and green IT relational capital have partial mediating effects on ECSR, environmental performance, and business competitiveness. The implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Economics and Econometrics
05 social sciences
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
General Business, Management and Accounting
Human capital
Green Information Technology
Structural capital
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Relational capital
Economy
Financial capital
Sustainable business
Capital (economics)
0502 economics and business
Corporate social responsibility
Business
Business and International Management
Law
050203 business & management
Industrial organization
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15730697 and 01674544
- Volume :
- 150
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Business Ethics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........c23d65f25fe05f90abffb9e86ff0ce77