title: What drives successful implementation of pollution prevention and cleaner technology strategy? The role of innovative capability.
abstract: Firms that are dynamic and prepared to implement environmental strategies have a potential competitive advantage over their industry counterparts. Therefore, it is important to understand, what capabilities are required to implement proactive environmental strategies. The paper discusses the attributes of innovative capability required by firms in order to adopt pollution prevention and cleaner technology strategies. Empirical results show that process and behavioral innovativeness are required by firms to implement a pollution prevention strategy. In addition to process and behavioral innovativeness, firms need a top management with high risk-taking ability as well as market, product, and strategic innovativeness to implement a cleaner technology strategy. The paper proposes some important managerial implications on the basis of the above research findings.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Vihar Lake, Mumbai 400087, India. Electronic address: bhupihemu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kumar Verma
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Bhupendra
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Vihar Lake, Mumbai 400087, India. Electronic address: sangle.shirish@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shirish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sangle
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics*; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D016134:Organizational Policy; D012309:Risk-Taking; D013672:Technology / Q000639:trends*
keywords: Cleaner technology strategy; Commonality; Dynamic capability; Innovative capability; Pollution prevention strategy; Sustainability strategies