The Effects of Green Intellectual Capital on Green Innovation: A Green Supply Chain Integration Perspective

Danping Liu; Xiao Yu; Mei Huang; Shaohua Yang; Salmi Mohd Isa; Mao Hu

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.830716

The Effects of Green Intellectual Capital on Green Innovation: A Green Supply Chain Integration Perspective

Front Psychol. 2022 Jun 28:13:830716. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.830716. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Danping Liu^{1

2}, Xiao Yu², Mei Huang^{1

2}, Shaohua Yang³, Salmi Mohd Isa³, Mao Hu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Management, Xihua University, Chengdu, China.
² Research Institute of International Economics and Management, Xihua University, Chengdu, China.
³ Graduate School of Business, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.

Abstract

To demonstrate how green innovation (GI) effectively occurs, this study examines the effects of green intellectual capital (GIC) on GI from the perspective of green supply chain integration (GSCI). Based on a natural-resource-based view and knowledge-based view, the authors constructed an intermediary model of GIC-GSCI-GI, and analyzed the effects of green absorptive ability (GAA) and relationship learning ability (RLA) as moderators. An empirical survey of 328 Chinese manufacturing companies was conducted. Our results indicate that three dimensions of GIC positively impact GI. The mediating effects of internal and external GSCI exist in the relationship between GIC and GI. The moderating effects of GAA and RLA in these effects were also verified. Our study provides further empirical evidence for the relationship between GIC and GI, highlights the effects of companies' internal and external abilities on GI, and suggests new ways and implementation contexts for GI.

Keywords: green absorptive ability; green innovation; green intellectual capital; green supply chain integration; relationship learning ability.