TY - JOUR
T1 - Fostering sustainable logistics businesses
T2 - the role of innovation ecosystems and institutional contexts for logistics firms in China
AU - Liu, Yulong
AU - Chung, Henry F.L.
AU - Mi, Lili
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2023/1/4
Y1 - 2023/1/4
N2 - Purpose: Drawing on institution embeddedness and the resource-based view, the authors develop a theoretical framework and empirically examine how intra-national innovation ecosystems and environmental institutions impact logistics service providers' (LSPs) technological innovation (TI) and green practices. Design/methodology/approach: The authors test the theoretical framework based on survey data of 328 Chinese LSPs. Archival datasets complement the survey data. Findings: The research reveals that intra-national institutional forces of formal and informal environment-related institutions can mitigate LSPs' reliance on their firm-specific advantages when engaging in TI and green practices. Results from a three-way interaction indicate that intra-national innovation ecosystems positively moderate the effects of environmental institutions. Research limitations/implications: The research has three critical implications. First, the study reveals the contingency role of intra-national environment-related institutions and innovation ecosystems in shaping green logistics. Second, the study finds new results about the roles of informal environmental institutions. Finally, intra-national innovation ecosystems can override environmental institutions in influencing the green practices of LSPs. Originality/value: Taking a unique angle of institution embeddedness coupled with the resource-based view, the authors examined how intra-national ecosystems and environmental institutions impact LSPs' TI and green practices.
AB - Purpose: Drawing on institution embeddedness and the resource-based view, the authors develop a theoretical framework and empirically examine how intra-national innovation ecosystems and environmental institutions impact logistics service providers' (LSPs) technological innovation (TI) and green practices. Design/methodology/approach: The authors test the theoretical framework based on survey data of 328 Chinese LSPs. Archival datasets complement the survey data. Findings: The research reveals that intra-national institutional forces of formal and informal environment-related institutions can mitigate LSPs' reliance on their firm-specific advantages when engaging in TI and green practices. Results from a three-way interaction indicate that intra-national innovation ecosystems positively moderate the effects of environmental institutions. Research limitations/implications: The research has three critical implications. First, the study reveals the contingency role of intra-national environment-related institutions and innovation ecosystems in shaping green logistics. Second, the study finds new results about the roles of informal environmental institutions. Finally, intra-national innovation ecosystems can override environmental institutions in influencing the green practices of LSPs. Originality/value: Taking a unique angle of institution embeddedness coupled with the resource-based view, the authors examined how intra-national ecosystems and environmental institutions impact LSPs' TI and green practices.
KW - China
KW - Green practices
KW - Institutions
KW - Intra-national innovation ecosystem
KW - Logistics service providers
KW - Technological innovation
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U2 - 10.1108/APJML-06-2021-0412
DO - 10.1108/APJML-06-2021-0412
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85122789881
SN - 1355-5855
VL - 35
SP - 35
EP - 53
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics
IS - 1
ER -