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The impact of ecological innovation on the food production quality: mediating role of environmental awareness

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Eco-innovation is the necessary element for the production process and quality and the organization's success that needs researchers' and policymakers' emphasis.Hence, the current article investigates the impact of product eco-innovation, process eco-innovation, and organizational eco-innovation on the food production quality in the food industry in China.The present study also investigates the mediating impact of environmental awareness among the association of product eco-innovation, process eco-innovation, organizational eco-innovation, and quality of food production in the food industry in China.The article followed the survey questionnaires to gather the primary data.The study used the PLS-SEM to check the relationships among the constructs using SPSS-AMOS.The findings indicated that product eco-innovation, process eco-innovation, and organizational ecoinnovation have a positive association with food production quality in the food industry in China.The outcomes also revealed that environmental awareness significantly mediates among product eco-innovation, process eco-innovation, organizational eco-innovation, and food production quality in the food industry in China.This study guides the policymakers in developing policies related to food production quality using eco-innovation and environmental awareness in the complete business process.

Source: Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

DOI: 10.1080/1331677x.2022.2163682

Authors: Nan Wang, Khairul Anuar Mohammad Shah

Institution: Universiti Sains Malaysia

Language: English

Topic: Environmental Sustainability in Business

Subfield: Marketing

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Zero hunger, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $944