School of Management Science and Engineering, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, China.
School of International Business, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, China.
PLoS One. 2024 Mar 5;19(3):e0297960. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297960. eCollection 2024.
In recent years, the intensification of global industrialization coupled with the enterprise's production and operating activities have caused pollution, increasing the current environmental pressure. Relevant government departments in China have instituted several stringent measures (environmental protection sensitization and awareness activities, training sessions, and exchange activities targeted towards enterprise managers) to address these rising environmental problems. Though these measures have gained traction over the years, there is a dearth of research on their effectiveness on the green innovation performance of enterprises. To bridge the gap, this research explores the effect of environmental awareness training, knowledge exchange activities, and commitment on green innovation performance with survey data from 285 medical equipment manufacturing companies in China. It further expands the theoretical application of environmental awareness training, commitment, and innovation performance from the lens of the Knowledge-Based View. The findings depict a positive relationship between environmental awareness training and innovation performance. It also finds a mediating influence of environmental commitment in the relationship between environmental awareness training and green innovation performance. Furthermore, environmental knowledge exchange activities positively moderate the relationship between environmental awareness training and environmental commitment. These findings offer valuable insights for the green development of medical equipment manufacturing enterprises and the government to formulate environmental protection policies.
近年来，全球工业化的加剧以及企业的生产和经营活动造成了污染，增加了当前的环境压力。中国相关政府部门采取了几项严格的措施（环保宣传和意识活动、培训课程和针对企业管理人员的交流活动）来解决这些日益严重的环境问题。尽管这些措施近年来已经取得了一定的成效，但对于它们对企业绿色创新绩效的影响的研究还很缺乏。为了弥补这一空白，本研究利用来自中国 285 家医疗器械制造公司的调查数据，探讨了环境意识培训、知识交流活动和承诺对绿色创新绩效的影响。它进一步从基于知识的视角扩展了环境意识培训、承诺和创新绩效的理论应用。研究结果表明，环境意识培训与创新绩效之间存在正相关关系。它还发现，环境意识培训与绿色创新绩效之间的关系中，环境承诺起到了中介作用。此外，环境知识交流活动对环境意识培训与环境承诺之间的关系具有积极的调节作用。这些发现为医疗器械制造企业的绿色发展和政府制定环保政策提供了有价值的见解。
