School of Agricultural Economics and Management, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, People's Republic of China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2020 May;27(14):16916-16928. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-08206-4. Epub 2020 Mar 6.
Eco-innovation has become an essential driver of business to alleviate environmental problems and achieve sustainable growth. Due to increasing environmental concerns, many countries have enacted regulations so that businesses minimize their harmful environmental impacts. This paper investigates the linkages between eco-innovation strategy, governmental environmental regulations, and enterprises' sustainable growth considering the moderation effect of managerial environmental concern. A mediation-moderation model is proposed to test the direct and indirect effects. We harness partial least squares path modelling to examine how eco-innovation affects sustainable business growth in the Tunisian agricultural and agri-food sectors. The findings reveal that (1) management environmental concerns and government environmental regulations have a positive impact on eco-innovation strategies; (2) eco-innovation strategies significantly mediate the relationship between government environmental regulations and enterprises' sustainable business growth; and (3) managerial environmental concern has a significant moderating effect on the mediation model.
生态创新已成为企业缓解环境问题和实现可持续增长的重要驱动力。由于环境问题日益受到关注，许多国家都制定了法规，要求企业尽量减少对环境的有害影响。本文考虑到管理环境关注的调节作用，研究了生态创新战略、政府环境法规与企业可持续增长之间的联系。提出了一个中介-调节模型来检验直接和间接效应。我们利用偏最小二乘路径建模来检验生态创新如何影响突尼斯农业和农业食品部门的可持续商业增长。研究结果表明：（1）管理层的环境关注和政府的环境法规对生态创新战略有积极影响；（2）生态创新战略显著调节了政府环境法规与企业可持续商业增长之间的关系；（3）管理环境关注对中介模型具有显著的调节作用。
