The Influence of Slack Resources on the Choice of Green Innovation Mode: An Integrated View of Environmental Regulations

Abstract

Abstract: Slack resources have both positive and negative effects on green innovation, but few studies focus on both of them. This paper first analyzes the mechanism of how different types of resources exert dual influence on green innovation ambidexterity, and further demonstrates the moderating effect of environmental regulation on the relationship between slack resources and green innovation ambidexterity at the two levels of command-and-control regulation and market incentive regulation. And then this paper performs an empirical test with the survey data from Chinese manufacturing enterprises. The main findings are as follows:(1) The absorbed slack has a negative effect on green innovation ambidexterity, while unabsorbed slack has a positive effect on green collaborative innovation, but has a negative impact on green balanced innovation. (2) Strict command-based environmental regulations will intensify the negative impact of slack resources on green innovation ambidexterity, while market-based incentive environmental regulation will reverse the negative relationship between unabsorbed slack and green balance innovation. (3) Although absorbed slack will not have a positive effect on green collaborative innovation with the context of high market-based incentive environmental regulation, market-based incentive environmental regulation will significantly weaken the negative relationship between the absorbed slack and green collaborative innovation. (4) Both of the two types of environmental regulations have positive moderating effect between unabsorbed slack and green collaborative innovation. The stronger the environmental regulations become, the stronger the positive relationship between unabsorbed slack and green collaborative innovation becomes.

Key words: slack resources, green balanced innovation, green collaborative innovation, environmental regulations

Cao Cuizhen, Feng Jiaolong. The Influence of Slack Resources on the Choice of Green Innovation Mode: An Integrated View of Environmental Regulations[J]. Management Review, 2022, 34(5): 124-135.

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