Cegarra-Navarro, Juan-Gabriel, Di Chiacchio, Laura and Cubillas-Para, Clara (2024). Enhancing Green Process Innovation Performance: The Role of Regenerative Unlearning and Knowledge Base Management. European Management Journal ,
Abstract
Spanish manufacturing companies are urged to adopt greener practices to mitigate their environmental footprint. However, they often lack the knowledge to do so. Following a knowledge-based approach, this study analyzes the role of strategic knowledge management in enhancing organizational green performance. It introduces the concept of regenerative unlearning, defining it as the result of an organizational change that has consequences at the organizational level. Specifically, it tests the direct influence of regenerative unlearning on green process innovation performance and its indirect influence through knowledge breadth and depth. By analyzing 310 Spanish medium-sized manufacturing companies, results show that updating and managing the knowledge base positively impacts the company's green process innovation performance. This implies that leveraging regenerative unlearning as part of companies’ knowledge management strategy is part of the solution to achieving ecological efficiency in the manufacturing industry. Finally, actionable recommendations for industry leaders to improve their green performance are provided.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2024.05.004 |
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Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Operations & Information Management College of Business and Social Sciences College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School |
Funding Information: | This work was supported by the Ministerio de Universidades, Gobierno de Espa\u00F1a (Ministry of Universities, Spanish Government) [FPU20/05986]. |
Additional Information: | Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Green process innovation performance,Knowledge breadth,Knowledge depth,Manufacturing medium-sized enterprises,Regenerative unlearning,Sustainability,Strategy and Management |
Publication ISSN: | 1873-5681 |
Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2024 07:07 |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2024 16:37 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2024-05-21 |
Published Online Date: | 2024-05-21 |
Accepted Date: | 2024-05-21 |
Authors: |
Cegarra-Navarro, Juan-Gabriel
Di Chiacchio, Laura ( ![]() Cubillas-Para, Clara |
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