Abstract
This paper draws insights from the relational view perspective to examine the effects of two postformation alliance capabilities—interorganizational coordination and communication, and relation-specific investments on small- and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs') environmental innovation. Analysis of time-lagged survey data from a sample of 223 SMEs from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) shows a positive interactive effect of interorganizational coordination and communication on environmental innovation, and this relationship is mediated by environmental in-learning. The results further indicate that relation-specific investment moderates the indirect relationship between the complementary effect of interorganizational coordination and communication and environmental innovation. These findings extend the environmental innovation literature by exploring the interactive effect of interorganizational coordination and communication on environmental innovation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3330-3343 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Business Strategy and the Environment |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021 The Authors. Business Strategy and The Environment published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Keywords
- environmental in-learning
- environmental innovation
- interorganizational communication
- interorganizational coordination
- SMEs
- UAE
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business and International Management
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Strategy and Management
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
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