IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v17y2025i17p8058-d1744144.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Platform AI Resources and Green Value Co-Creation: Paving the Way for Sustainable Firm Performance in the Digital Age

Author

Listed:
  • Yan Sun

    (School of Accountancy and Finance, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand
    School of Management, Guangzhou Xinhua College, Guangzhou 510520, China)

  • Siwarit Pongsakornrungsilp

    (Department of Digital Marketing, Center of Excellence for Tourism Business Management and Creative Economy, School of Management, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand)

  • Pimlapas Pongsakornrungsilp

    (Department of Tourism and Prochef, School of Management, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand)

  • Sasawalai Tonsakunthaweeteam

    (Department of Digital Marketing, Center of Excellence for Tourism Business Management and Creative Economy, School of Management, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand)

  • Wari Wongwaropakorn

    (School of Liberal Arts, Walailak University, Thasala, Nakorn Si Thammarat 80160, Thailand)

  • Sydney Chinchanachokchai

    (Department of Marketing, College of Business, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA)

Abstract

This study examines how platform-based artificial intelligence resources (PAIRs) influence sustainable performance in e-business ecosystems by shaping stakeholder cognition and behavior. Guided by the Resource-Based View (RBV), the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), and institutional theory, we examine the psychological mechanisms—particularly trust in AI and environmental identity—that mediate the relationship between PAIRs and green value co-creation (GVC), with sustainable development (SD) acting as a moderating factor. Drawing on survey data from 466 platform managers in China’s digital economy hubs (Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, Beijing-Tianjin), covering diverse industries (e-commerce, consumer goods, healthcare), our data suggest that PAIRs may influence firm performance via GVC, and that this association appears to be stronger under high-SD contexts. Our results underscore the importance of responsible and psychologically informed AI design—such as algorithmic transparency, cognitive load reduction, and ethical calibration—to facilitate stakeholder trust and pro-environmental engagement. This research contributes both theoretically and practically to elucidating how AI integration in e-business can be leveraged for responsible innovation and sustainable value creation.

Suggested Citation

  • Yan Sun & Siwarit Pongsakornrungsilp & Pimlapas Pongsakornrungsilp & Sasawalai Tonsakunthaweeteam & Wari Wongwaropakorn & Sydney Chinchanachokchai, 2025. "Platform AI Resources and Green Value Co-Creation: Paving the Way for Sustainable Firm Performance in the Digital Age," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(17), pages 1-20, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:17:y:2025:i:17:p:8058-:d:1744144
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/17/8058/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/17/8058/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:17:y:2025:i:17:p:8058-:d:1744144. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.