Arroyave Juan J, Sáez-Martínez Francisco J, González-Moreno Ángela
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University CES, Medellín, Colombia.
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2020 Nov 24;11:612465. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.612465. eCollection 2020.
In recent decades, the expansion of economic activity has been accompanied by negative environmental impacts. In response, there have been dramatic changes worldwide in terms of an increased demand for environmentally friendly products and services. To achieve these eco-innovations, firms have sought to acquire knowledge and implement operational flexibility by cooperating with different agents such as universities through a value cocreation system that is also expected to enhance firms' performance. Using a sample of 250 companies, the present paper examines the role of cooperation with universities in the development of diverse environmental innovations and building operational flexibility and, through this, improving firm performance. Results show that firms that value cooperation with universities develop a wider range of environmental innovations and increase their sales and benefits.
近几十年来，经济活动的扩张伴随着负面的环境影响。作为回应，全球范围内对环保产品和服务的需求大幅增加，出现了巨大变化。为了实现这些生态创新，企业试图通过与不同主体（如大学）合作，通过一个价值共创系统来获取知识并实现运营灵活性，该系统也有望提升企业绩效。本文以250家公司为样本，研究了与大学合作在开展多样化环境创新、建立运营灵活性以及借此提高企业绩效方面的作用。结果表明，重视与大学合作的企业会开展更广泛的环境创新，并提高其销售额和收益。
