Environmental management studies have proposed that firms can achieve substantial cost advantages over competitors and enhance their competitive positions by implementing an environmental system (EMS). This study further investigates strategic orientation (customer, competitor, innovation orientation) focuses on the effect of EMSs eco-innovation; it also examines mediating role in relationship ...

Eco-knowledge city is a new concept for the world’s urban studies, an all-new urban form, and concept of urban development and strategy. The core of eco-knowledge city is to surpass the traditional urban development model of industrial society strategically, to purposely encourage citizens to learn and share knowledge equally, and to enhance creativity through the cultivation of knowledge, tech...

This paper examines key aspects in the innovative behavior of the construction firms that determine their environmental orientation while innovating. Structural equation modeling was used and data of 222 firms retrieved from the Spanish Technological Innovation Panel (PITEC) for 2010 to analyse the drivers of environmental orientation of the construction firms during the innovation process. The...

Big data value engineering for business model innovation requires a drastically different approach as compared with methods for engineering value under existing business models. Taking a Design Science approach, we conducted an exploratory study to formulate the requirements for a method to aid in engineering value via innovation. We then developed a method, called Eco-ARCH (EcoARCHitecture) fo...

Growing social and academic concerns toward environmental sustainability are constantly driving attention eco-innovation as an effective solution to problems. Extant studies on drivers of have not fully investigated the interaction mechanisms between different factors. Drawing upon resource-based view, stakeholder theory, literature, this paper aims explore how firm capabilities perceived press...

Ecommerce models offer many benefits for business operations, such as convenience and easiness, decreased cost of inventory management, expanded customer base, enabled globalization and business analytics, etc. Virtual business models also promote sustainability by reducing energy and resource usage. Despite its pronounced benefits, ecommerce is still subject to challenges of environmental sust...

a r t i c l e i n f o Technological innovation has recently become more essential than ever. To examine the factors that might induce environmental technological innovation, we focus on ISO 14001, a voluntary approach to environmental management, and scrutinise how the proficiency or maturity level of ISO 14001 in facilities influences environment-related research and development (R&D) expendit...

Green growth has resulted from resource management, setting the speed for sustainable development. Eco-innovations are essential improvement of a firm’s performance with societal gains, demanding special attention policy makers. This paper deals effect actions on enhancement eco-innovation adoption. The Community Innovation Survey (CIS) 2012–2014 is used to estimate impact ‘carrots’ and ‘sticks...

Eco-innovation is the innovation of products that focuses on use renewable energy and meets specific environmental requirements, essential for conservation protection. There are recommendations strategies available general product development, but there limited studies when focusing products. A proposal eco-innovation in developed based exergy analysis, TRIZ methodology, knowledge management. T...