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Green Innovation and Export Performance in Emerging Market Firms: A Legitimacy-based View

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  • Shu, Chengli
  • Zhao, Jingxu
  • Yao, Qiong
  • Zhou, Kevin Zheng

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Whereas emerging market firms (EMFs) face severe legitimacy barriers when entering global markets, whether and under what conditions green innovation can help them gain legitimacy remains under-examined. This article argues that green innovation can help EMFs obtain regulatory and social legitimacy in host countries and consequently boost their exports. Based on a panel dataset populated by 254 Chinese-listed manufacturing companies from 2011 through 2017, this article finds that green innovation is positively associated with EMF export performance. Moreover, this positive relationship is stronger when host-country political risk is lower or host-country buyer sophistication is higher but becomes weaker for state-owned EMFs. These findings enrich the legitimacy-based view and international business literature by identifying the role of green innovation in boosting EMF export performance and specifying important institutional contingencies.

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  • Shu, Chengli & Zhao, Jingxu & Yao, Qiong & Zhou, Kevin Zheng, 2024. "Green Innovation and Export Performance in Emerging Market Firms: A Legitimacy-based View," Management and Organization Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 20(1), pages 85-110, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:maorev:v:20:y:2024:i:1:p:85-110_5
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