Exploring the link between sustainable development practices, institutional pressures, and green innovation

Mansour Alyahya, Meqbel Aliedan, Gomaa Agag (Lead / Corresponding author), Ziad Abdelmoety

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    Abstract

    Academics, business leaders, and policymakers are paying more and more attention to sustainable development. The influence of external forces on sustainable development practices, which could predict green innovation, is, however, still unexplored. This paper seeks to explore the role of external pressures on sustainable development practices in the driving of green innovation in Saudi Arabia. We took a quantitative approach through an online survey to collect the required data from manufacturing companies in Saudi Arabia. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse the data. The results revealed that institutional pressures (i.e., governance pressure, customer pressures, and competitive pressure) are key drivers of sustainable development practices and green innovation. They also indicated that sustainable development practices (i.e., environmental sustainability, social sustainability, and economic environmental sustainability) have a significant influence on green innovation. Our findings lead us to propose that green innovation is influenced by external pressures and sustainable development practices.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number14312
    Number of pages15
    JournalSustainability
    Volume14
    Issue number21
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2 Nov 2022

    Keywords

    • Sustainable development practices
    • institutional pressures
    • green innovation
    • sustainable development practices

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Computer Science (miscellaneous)
    • Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
    • Geography, Planning and Development
    • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
    • Hardware and Architecture
    • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
    • Building and Construction
    • Computer Networks and Communications
    • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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