Green Knowledge Sharing, Stakeholder Pressure, Absorptive Capacity, and Green Innovation: Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms

Moxi Song, Morgan X. Yang, Kevin J. Zeng, Wenting Feng · 2020 · Business Strategy and the Environment

Summary. Chinese manufacturing firms can improve green innovation by sharing environmental knowledge within supply chains, but only if they develop strong absorptive capacity—the ability to recognize, assimilate, and apply new information. Stakeholder pressure amplifies this effect. The study of 247 firms shows that absorptive capacity fully mediates the relationship between knowledge sharing and green innovation outcomes.

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Song, M., Yang, M. X., Zeng, K. J., & Feng, W.. (2020). Green Knowledge Sharing, Stakeholder Pressure, Absorptive Capacity, and Green Innovation: Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Firms. Business Strategy and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2450

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DOI: 10.1002/bse.2450
Countries: China
Regions: Asia
Categories: innovation-networks, climate-and-environment, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28