Green technology innovation and waste management: On the role of national governance
Orazalin N.S. Alzyod M.H. Aouadi A. Narbaev T.
April 2025Academic Press
Journal of Environmental Management
2025#380
Due to the rapidly escalating ecological crisis and proactive measures by national governments to combat climate change, corporate environmental systems and green technologies have gained increasing attention among organizational stakeholders. Corporations with higher levels of waste production are under tremendous stakeholder pressure to invest in green technologies and develop eco-friendly products and services. In this regard, national governments play a critical role in shaping corporate environmental orientation and sustainable practices. However, empirical research examining the relationships among green technology innovation (GTINV), waste management (WM), and national governance (NLGOV) is still limited. Thus, using an extensive international dataset from 46 countries between 2002 and 2022, we examine the relationship between GTINV and WM practices and investigate the moderating role of NLGOV. Accordingly, our study extends the existing literature by providing more nuanced evidence on whether and how GTINV leads to better environmental performance. Our results show that GTINV significantly reduces waste production and enhances recycling efforts. Most importantly, these effects are more pronounced for firms from countries with effective NLGOV systems. Our findings advise practitioners, policymakers, and regulators to combat climate change, especially in jurisdictions with weak institutional settings, by promoting proactive WM systems, implementing green technology innovations, and adopting effective environmental regulations.
Climate change , Environmental innovation , Institutional settings , International evidence , Longitudinal analysis , Sustainable development , Waste management
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Bang College of Business, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Institute of Applied Sciences and Information Technology, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Department of Accounting, Business School, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan
University of Lille, LUMEN (ULR 4999), Lille, France
Department of Management and Production Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
Bang College of Business
Institute of Applied Sciences and Information Technology
Department of Accounting
University of Lille
Department of Management and Production Engineering
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