Sustainable knowledge integration: Enhancing green development resilience

The revised Environmental Protection law (NEPL), enacted in 2015, introduced stricter regulations to address environmental challenges and promote sustainable development. This study investigated the law's impact on enterprise green development resilience (EGDR) through a novel integration of in...

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Main Authors: Jingfeng Huang, Bai Yang, Bing Zhou, Bing Ran
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
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description The revised Environmental Protection law (NEPL), enacted in 2015, introduced stricter regulations to address environmental challenges and promote sustainable development. This study investigated the law's impact on enterprise green development resilience (EGDR) through a novel integration of institutional and resource-based theories. Employing the Vertical and Horizontal Slot-Drawing (VHSD) and entropy methods, we developed a comprehensive framework to systematically measure EGDR, capturing both dynamic and structural aspects of resilience. Our findings revealed that, from an institutional perspective, compliance with environmental laws enhances corporate legitimacy and fosters green development. Meanwhile, the resource-based view highlighted how NEPL improves EGDR by promoting green knowledge, stimulating green innovation, offering policy incentives, and easing financial constraints. Notably, the law's effectiveness varies across regions and technological contexts, underscoring significant heterogeneity. These findings uncovered previously unexplored mechanisms linking environmental law enforcement and enterprise resilience, providing actionable insights for policymakers to design more effective environmental strategies. This study contributes to sustainable development research by advancing the understanding of how regulatory frameworks shape green resilience, offering a new lens to examine the interplay between environmental governance and business sustainability.
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spelling doaj-art-38d34d0b596041c9a081a6d2d7ef728e2025-08-20T03:42:39ZengElsevierJournal of Innovation & Knowledge2444-569X2025-03-0110210067110.1016/j.jik.2025.100671Sustainable knowledge integration: Enhancing green development resilienceJingfeng Huang0Bai Yang1Bing Zhou2Bing Ran3Institute of Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone Development, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, PR ChinaInstitute of Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone Development, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, PR China; School of Business Administration, Chongqing Technology and Business University 400067, PR China; Research Center for Enterprise Management, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, PR ChinaInstitute of Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone Development, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, PR China; Corresponding author.Institute of Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone Development, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing 400067, PR ChinaThe revised Environmental Protection law (NEPL), enacted in 2015, introduced stricter regulations to address environmental challenges and promote sustainable development. This study investigated the law's impact on enterprise green development resilience (EGDR) through a novel integration of institutional and resource-based theories. Employing the Vertical and Horizontal Slot-Drawing (VHSD) and entropy methods, we developed a comprehensive framework to systematically measure EGDR, capturing both dynamic and structural aspects of resilience. Our findings revealed that, from an institutional perspective, compliance with environmental laws enhances corporate legitimacy and fosters green development. Meanwhile, the resource-based view highlighted how NEPL improves EGDR by promoting green knowledge, stimulating green innovation, offering policy incentives, and easing financial constraints. Notably, the law's effectiveness varies across regions and technological contexts, underscoring significant heterogeneity. These findings uncovered previously unexplored mechanisms linking environmental law enforcement and enterprise resilience, providing actionable insights for policymakers to design more effective environmental strategies. This study contributes to sustainable development research by advancing the understanding of how regulatory frameworks shape green resilience, offering a new lens to examine the interplay between environmental governance and business sustainability.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2444569X25000228Enterprise green development resilienceNew environmental protection lawInstitution theoryResource-Based view. O13O14O38
spellingShingle Jingfeng Huang
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title Sustainable knowledge integration: Enhancing green development resilience
title_full Sustainable knowledge integration: Enhancing green development resilience
title_fullStr Sustainable knowledge integration: Enhancing green development resilience
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title_short Sustainable knowledge integration: Enhancing green development resilience
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New environmental protection law
Institution theory
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