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Is green customer integration always a facilitator for green product innovation?: A conflict-based view

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  • Jiawen Chen
  • Linlin Liu

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Purpose - Although the facilitating role of green customer integration in business-to-business (B2B) markets has been highlighted in some green product innovation literature, analysis of the difficulties it can pose is still an underdeveloped field. This paper extends the conflict-based view and examines the effect of green customer integration on customer–firm conflicts and thereby investigates the influence of conflict on green product innovation. Design/methodology/approach - This study conducts a questionnaire survey. Ordinary Least Square regression and structural equation model with Maximum Likelihood Estimation are applied to test the hypotheses. Findings - The results show that green customer information integration is positively related to cognitive conflict, whereas green customer process integration has an inverted U-shaped relationship with cognitive conflict and a positive relationship with affective conflict. Moreover, green product innovation is promoted by cognitive conflict and is damaged by affective conflict. Originality/value - This study highlights the conflict-related factors that play a role in firm–customer collaboration for green product innovation in B2B markets. It also reveals the potential dark side of green customer integration by explicitly delineating its effects on conflicts.

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  • Jiawen Chen & Linlin Liu, 2022. "Is green customer integration always a facilitator for green product innovation?: A conflict-based view," European Journal of Innovation Management, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 26(6), pages 1524-1546, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ejimpp:ejim-09-2021-0477
    DOI: 10.1108/EJIM-09-2021-0477
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