Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, India.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2018 Apr;25(10):9556-9578. doi: 10.1007/s11356-018-1261-6. Epub 2018 Jan 22.
Incorporating green practices into the manufacturing process has gained momentum over the past few years and is a matter of great concern for both manufacturers as well as researchers. Regulatory pressures in developed countries have forced the organizations to adopt green practices; however, this issue still lacks attention in developing economies like India. There is an urgent need to identify enablers of green innovation for manufacturing organizations and also to identify prominent enablers among those. This study is an attempt to first identify enablers of green innovation and then establish a causal relationship among them to identify the enablers that can drive others. Grey DEMATEL (Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory) methodology is used for establishing the causal relationship among enablers. The novelty of this study lies in the fact that no study has been done in the past to identify the enablers of green innovation and then establishing the causal relationship among them. A total of 21 enablers of green innovation have been identified; research indicates developing green manufacturing capabilities, resources for green innovation, ease of getting loans from financial institutions, and environmental regulations as the most influential enablers of green innovation. Managerial and practical implications of the research are also presented to assist managers of the case company in adopting green innovation practices at their end.
在过去的几年中，将绿色实践纳入制造过程已经成为一种趋势，这是制造商和研究人员都非常关注的问题。发达国家的监管压力迫使组织采用绿色实践；然而，在印度等发展中经济体，这个问题仍然缺乏关注。迫切需要确定制造组织绿色创新的推动者，并确定其中的突出推动者。本研究试图首先确定绿色创新的推动者，然后在它们之间建立因果关系，以确定可以推动其他因素的推动者。灰色决策试验和评价实验室 (DEMATEL) 方法用于在推动者之间建立因果关系。这项研究的新颖之处在于，过去没有研究过确定绿色创新的推动者，然后在它们之间建立因果关系。已经确定了 21 个绿色创新推动者；研究表明，发展绿色制造能力、绿色创新资源、从金融机构获得贷款的便利性和环境法规是绿色创新的最具影响力的推动者。还提出了研究的管理和实际意义，以帮助案例公司的管理人员在他们的工作中采用绿色创新实践。
