The mediating role of strategic learning in the relationship ‎between green innovation and sustainable performance (case ‎study; Hamedan Buali Industrial City‏(‏

Document Type : Research

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Ph.D. Student, College oF Economics and Administrative Sciences, University of Lorestan, Lorestan, Iran

10.22034/smsj.2022.359386.1722

Abstract

Aim and Introduction: competition and success in various industries are combined with the concept of ‎performance sustainability and moving towards sustainable performance in manufacturing and industrial ‎companies that play a key role in the implementation of programs development of every country and ‎considering the many benefits they have for different industries, their beneficiaries and their followers for ‎society and the country, it is one of the most important issues and always one of the most important concerns ‎of managers. Arshad and policy makers in this area. Based on this, the aim of the current research is to ‎investigate the effect of green innovation on the sustainable performance of manufacturing and industrial ‎companies by analyzing the mediating role of strategic learning.‎
Methodology: The methodology of this research is quantitative in terms of the main strategy, and in terms ‎of the goal, it is practical, and in terms of the operational strategy, it is field. And in terms of analytical ‎technique, it is descriptive of the correlation type. The method of research hypothesis testing, structural ‎equation modeling with the partial least squares method, and specifically, Lisrel software was used. The ‎statistical population of this research includes managers of 197 small and medium-sized companies active in ‎Buali industrial town, located in Hamadan province. Among the managers of these companies, 125 company ‎managers have been considered as a sample for the current research using Morgan's table and by simple ‎random method.‎
Finding: The findings of the research indicate the confirmation of the four tested hypotheses. So that the ‎positive effect of green innovation on strategic learning of manufacturing and industrial companies was ‎confirmed. Strategic learning also has a positive effect on the sustainable performance of manufacturing and ‎industrial companies (confirmed). Also, the positive effect of green innovation on the sustainable performance ‎of manufacturing and industrial companies was confirmed. Moreover, strategic learning plays a mediating role ‎between green innovation and sustainable performance.‎
Discussion and Conclusion: In recent years, sustainable performance has been one of the most important ‎concerns of senior managers of manufacturing and industrial companies and even the country due to its ‎importance and role in various industries and various stakeholders. An effective solution has had a very ‎important place in the growth and development of the country. Therefore, identifying and testing the most ‎important factors affecting it are very important and practical. Therefore, in this research, using library studies ‎and field research, two very important and vital factors affecting the sustainable performance of ‎manufacturing and industrial companies were identified. In the continuation of the research, we tried to ‎investigate the relationship between research variables in manufacturing and industrial companies by using ‎structural equation modeling. Finally, we came to the conclusion that green innovation and strategic learning ‎are among the most important factors affecting the sustainable performance of manufacturing and industrial ‎companies. Also, the results showed that companies that have strategic learning and benefit from it achieve ‎better and more effective sustainable performance than companies that lack it. In addition to this, the current ‎research in the field of green innovation, strategic learning and sustainable performance, theoretical innovations ‎and related to managers and It helps the stakeholders of various industries, especially the country's industrial ‎estates, in understanding how green innovation affects sustainable performance by emphasizing strategic ‎learning.‎

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