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Barriers to green innovation initiatives among manufacturers: the Malaysian case

This study investigated the internal and external barriers to green innovation initiatives among Malaysian manufacturers. Data was gathered through a survey of 153 manufacturing companies in Malaysia. Data was analyzed using the partial least squares technique. Results indicated that the barriers to...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, M., Zailani, S., Iranmanesh, M., Jayaraman, K.
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Published: Springer Verlag (Germany) 2016
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Business
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/17991/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11846-015-0173-9
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spelling my.um.eprints.179912017-10-12T04:24:11Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/17991/ Barriers to green innovation initiatives among manufacturers: the Malaysian case Abdullah, M. Zailani, S. Iranmanesh, M. Jayaraman, K. Business This study investigated the internal and external barriers to green innovation initiatives among Malaysian manufacturers. Data was gathered through a survey of 153 manufacturing companies in Malaysia. Data was analyzed using the partial least squares technique. Results indicated that the barriers to green products, processes, and systems innovations are different. Issues of environmental resources, attitude and perception, business practices, government support, and customer demand were found to be the barriers to green product innovations, whereas attitude and perception, business practices, poor external partnerships, insufficient information, lack of customer demand, and environmental commercial benefits were determined to be the factors that negatively affect green process innovations. As regards green system innovation, environmental resources, attitude and perception, business practices, technical barriers, government support, and environmental and commercial benefits presented themselves as the internal and external barriers that need to be addressed. The results have important implications for managers of manufacturers that have plans of promoting green products, processes, and system innovations. Springer Verlag (Germany) 2016 Article PeerReviewed Abdullah, M. and Zailani, S. and Iranmanesh, M. and Jayaraman, K. (2016) Barriers to green innovation initiatives among manufacturers: the Malaysian case. Review of Managerial Science, 10 (4). pp. 683-709. ISSN 1863-6683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11846-015-0173-9 doi:10.1007/s11846-015-0173-9
institution Universiti Malaya
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topic Business
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Abdullah, M.
Zailani, S.
Iranmanesh, M.
Jayaraman, K.
Barriers to green innovation initiatives among manufacturers: the Malaysian case
description This study investigated the internal and external barriers to green innovation initiatives among Malaysian manufacturers. Data was gathered through a survey of 153 manufacturing companies in Malaysia. Data was analyzed using the partial least squares technique. Results indicated that the barriers to green products, processes, and systems innovations are different. Issues of environmental resources, attitude and perception, business practices, government support, and customer demand were found to be the barriers to green product innovations, whereas attitude and perception, business practices, poor external partnerships, insufficient information, lack of customer demand, and environmental commercial benefits were determined to be the factors that negatively affect green process innovations. As regards green system innovation, environmental resources, attitude and perception, business practices, technical barriers, government support, and environmental and commercial benefits presented themselves as the internal and external barriers that need to be addressed. The results have important implications for managers of manufacturers that have plans of promoting green products, processes, and system innovations.
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author Abdullah, M.
Zailani, S.
Iranmanesh, M.
Jayaraman, K.
author_facet Abdullah, M.
Zailani, S.
Iranmanesh, M.
Jayaraman, K.
author_sort Abdullah, M.
title Barriers to green innovation initiatives among manufacturers: the Malaysian case
title_short Barriers to green innovation initiatives among manufacturers: the Malaysian case
title_full Barriers to green innovation initiatives among manufacturers: the Malaysian case
title_fullStr Barriers to green innovation initiatives among manufacturers: the Malaysian case
title_full_unstemmed Barriers to green innovation initiatives among manufacturers: the Malaysian case
title_sort barriers to green innovation initiatives among manufacturers: the malaysian case
publisher Springer Verlag (Germany)
publishDate 2016
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/17991/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11846-015-0173-9
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