School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
College of Architecture and Urban-Rural Planning, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611830, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 15;17(22):8450. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17228450.
Although the theory of green development behavior and performance of industrial enterprises (GDBP-IE) reveals that the green development behavior (GDB) of industrial enterprises is affected by internal and external factors and produces performance, it lacks a clear mechanism. This paper aims to verify the theory of GDBP-IE and reveals the mechanism of GDBP-IE in the Chinese context. The partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method was used to analyze valid samples of Chinese industrial enterprises ( = 615). The empirical conclusions are as follows. (1) Corporate tangible resources, corporate intangible resources (CIR), market environment, public supervision and policy and institutional environment (PIE) have a significant positive effect on GDB (i.e., green supply chain management practice and clean production behavior). (2) Compared with other factors, the positive effect of CIR on GDB is the strongest. (3) The level of positive effect of PIE on GDB is not as significant as other factors. (4) GDB has a significant positive effect on green development performance (i.e., corporate social performance, corporate financial performance and corporate environmental performance). This paper provides effective evidence for researchers to use other methods to further verify the theory of GDBP-IE in the Chinese context. This paper also provides an opportunity for cluster analysis of GDBP-IE in different countries or regions. In addition, this paper not only gives a targeted reference for the government to formulate guidelines concerning the green development of industrial enterprises but also encourages industrial enterprise managers to formulate green development strategies, which is a way to help industrial enterprise managers and workers to participate in and comply with GDB.
虽然工业企业绿色发展行为与绩效（GDBP-IE）理论揭示了工业企业的绿色发展行为（GDB）受到内部和外部因素的影响并产生绩效，但它缺乏明确的机制。本文旨在验证 GDBP-IE 理论，并揭示其在中国情境下的机制。本文采用偏最小二乘结构方程建模（PLS-SEM）方法，对中国工业企业的有效样本（=615）进行了分析。实证结论如下：（1）企业有形资源、企业无形资源（CIR）、市场环境、公众监督和政策及制度环境（PIE）对 GDB（即绿色供应链管理实践和清洁生产行为）有显著的正向影响。（2）与其他因素相比，CIR 对 GDB 的正向影响最强。（3）PIE 对 GDB 的正向影响程度不如其他因素显著。（4）GDB 对绿色发展绩效（即企业的社会绩效、财务绩效和环境绩效）有显著的正向影响。本文为研究人员使用其他方法在中国情境下进一步验证 GDBP-IE 理论提供了有效的证据。本文也为不同国家或地区的 GDBP-IE 聚类分析提供了机会。此外，本文不仅为政府制定工业企业绿色发展指南提供了有针对性的参考，也鼓励工业企业管理者制定绿色发展战略，这是帮助工业企业管理者和工人参与和遵守 GDB 的一种方式。
