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Do digital technologies enable firms that prioritise sustainability goals to innovate? Empirical evidence from established UK micro-businesses
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Jibril, Halima, Kesidou, E. and Roper, Stephen (2024) Do digital technologies enable firms that prioritise sustainability goals to innovate? Empirical evidence from established UK micro-businesses. British Journal of Management . ISSN 1045-3172. (In Press)
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Abstract
This article examines the importance of sustainability within firms’ strategic goals and its links with innovation in the context of micro-businesses. Micro-businesses provide an appropriate context for investigating this relationship because, while they tend to prioritise social and environmental goals, they are also more likely to confront resource constraints that can restrict their capability to innovate. Building on goal-setting theory and the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm, we explore under what conditions established micro-business that prioritise sustainability goals are more likely to innovate. Using novel survey data on 4,649 established micro-businesses in the UK, we examine the enabling role of digital technologies. Our results suggest that owner-managers that prioritise sustainability goals are significantly more likely to generate new product and process innovations. Moreover, we find that this effect is stronger when micro-businesses adopt digital technologies. Digital technologies enhance the capabilities of micro-businesses strengthening the connection between sustainability goals and product and process innovation.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Management | ||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 1045-3172 | ||||||
Official Date: | 2024 | ||||||
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Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||
Re-use Statement: | This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article using the DOI]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 March 2024 | ||||||
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