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The organic joint point of new kinetic energy and green development in Chinese manufacturing SMEs

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  • Ying Luo
  • Xiaowen Jie
  • Xiaoping Li

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Even though manufacturing industrialisation has significantly contributed to Chinese economic growth, it has also resulted in resource abuse and environmental pollution. Therefore, manufacturing enterprises need to pursue green development to obtain legitimacy. The successful implementation of green manufacturing requires the joint efforts by enterprises, society and government, as well as the support of technology. Only by putting limited resources into the elements that can drive manufacturing SMEs to implement green practices and obtain sustainable performance, can achieve the effectiveness of Pareto. To this end, this paper constructed a ‘new kinetic energy – green practices – sustainable performance’ evaluation model, which is verified by partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) and multi-group analysis (PLS-MGA). It was found that top manager commitment and consumer demand did not have a positive impact on enterprise green practices in all industry types. However, while technology was found to play a crucial role in technology-intensive industries, and employee engagement was only found to promote green behaviour in labour-intensive industries. Although new kinetic energies were observed to play different roles in the different industrial types, the results showed that green practices could result in economic, environmental, resource and social benefits in all industrial types.

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  • Ying Luo & Xiaowen Jie & Xiaoping Li, 2020. "The organic joint point of new kinetic energy and green development in Chinese manufacturing SMEs," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(23), pages 7269-7291, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:58:y:2020:i:23:p:7269-7291
    DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2020.1777341
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    1. Manjot Singh Bhatia & Saurabh Kumar, 2022. "Linking stakeholder and competitive pressure to Industry 4.0 and performance: Mediating effect of environmental commitment and green process innovation," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(5), pages 1905-1918, July.
    2. Gao(高凯), Kai & Wang(王玲), Ling & Liu(刘婷婷), Tingting & Zhao(赵华擎), Huaqing, 2022. "Management executive power and corporate green innovation——Empirical evidence from China's state-owned manufacturing sector," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    3. Lan Gao & Feng Yang, 2023. "Do resource slack and green organizational climate moderate the relationships between institutional pressures and corporate environmental responsibility practices of SMEs in China?," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 25(11), pages 13495-13520, November.

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