Determinants of environmental innovation adoption in the printing industry: the importance of task environment |
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| Authors: | Sandra Rothenberg Stelios C Zyglidopoulos |
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| Institution: | 1. Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Business, 108 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623‐5608, USA;2. The Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1AG, UK |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, we investigate the impact that the task environment has on the adoption of environmental innovations by firms. Specifically, we investigate the impact of two dimensions of a firm's external context – munificence and dynamism. We investigate both of these factors by drawing on the relevant literatures, developing hypotheses and testing our hypotheses with data drawn from the US printing industry. Our major findings are that firms in highly dynamic environments, as well as firms that have adopted other productive innovations, are more likely to adopt a greater number of environmental innovations. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. |
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