Absorptive capacity and green innovation adoption in SMEs: The mediating effects of sustainable organisational capabilities

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 220, Issue , 2019, Pages 853-863

  Aboelmaged, Mohamed ^a   Hashem, Gharib ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Helwan UniversityCairo   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Natural resource based view; Sustainable collaboration; Sustainable human capital; Sustainable orientation

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESOURCES; PERSONNEL;

COLLABORATION CAPABILITIES; HUMAN CAPITALS; MANAGERS OF SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; SUSTAINABLE COLLABORATION;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

EID: 85062232976     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.150     Document Type: Article

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