C.S. Katsikeas
Eco-friendly product development strategy: antecedents, outcomes, and contingent effects
Katsikeas, C.S.; Leonidou, C.N.; Zeriti, A.
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C.N. Leonidou
A. Zeriti
Abstract
Integrating sustainability aspects into product development has long been recognized as a strategic priority for practitioners. Yet the literature reports mixed results on the product development effectiveness outcomes of sustainable product development strategies, while scant research has investigated how companies integrate environmental aspects into product development. This study develops a model that integrates effectiveness-enhancing outcomes and organizational inputs of eco-friendly product development strategies. Using questionnaire responses from firms from multiple industries, supplemented with lagged primary product development performance data, we find that top management commitment and corporate environmental support policies can facilitate eco-friendly product development strategies, while environmental performance incentives do not. In turn, the adoption of such strategies has a positive effect on firms’ product development effectiveness. This effect weakens when business conditions are highly complex but tends to become stronger with increasing levels of munificence in the business environment. These findings have important implications for practitioners and researchers that are discussed.
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Katsikeas, C., Leonidou, C., & Zeriti, A. (2016). Eco-friendly product development strategy: antecedents, outcomes, and contingent effects. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 44(6), 660-684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-015-0470-5
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 7, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 7, 2016 |
Publication Date | Nov 1, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Jan 12, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science |
Print ISSN | 0092-0703 |
Electronic ISSN | 1552-7824 |
Publisher | Springer |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 44 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 660-684 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-015-0470-5 |
Keywords | Sustainability, Green, Product development, Top management commitment, Business environment, Performance, Innovation. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1415056 |
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