The Drivers of Climate Change Innovations: Evidence from the Australian Wine Industry

This study examined the drivers of climate change innovations and the effects of these innovations on firm outcomes in a sample of 203 firms in the South Australian wine cluster. The results of structural equation modeling analysis suggest that absorptive capacity has a direct effect on climate chan...

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Main Authors: Galbreath, Jeremy, Charles, David, Oczkowski, E.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer Netherlands 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5195
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author Galbreath, Jeremy
Charles, David
Oczkowski, E.
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Charles, David
Oczkowski, E.
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description This study examined the drivers of climate change innovations and the effects of these innovations on firm outcomes in a sample of 203 firms in the South Australian wine cluster. The results of structural equation modeling analysis suggest that absorptive capacity has a direct effect on climate change innovations, and stimulates knowledge exchanges (KEs) between firms in the cluster. KEs between firms in the cluster in turn directly affect the climate change innovations. The findings suggest a perhaps counterintuitive interrelationship between firm- and cluster-level impacts, in which KEs between firms in the cluster play a partial mediating role in the innovation process. The study further finds that climate change innovations are related to firm performance (FP) and reductions in greenhouse gases (GHGs): mitigative innovations lead to greater GHG reductions while adaptive innovations impact on FP. Contributions of the findings are discussed, as are future research directions.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-51952017-09-13T14:45:10Z The Drivers of Climate Change Innovations: Evidence from the Australian Wine Industry Galbreath, Jeremy Charles, David Oczkowski, E. Clusters Innovation Climate change Absorptive capacity Australia Firm performance Wine This study examined the drivers of climate change innovations and the effects of these innovations on firm outcomes in a sample of 203 firms in the South Australian wine cluster. The results of structural equation modeling analysis suggest that absorptive capacity has a direct effect on climate change innovations, and stimulates knowledge exchanges (KEs) between firms in the cluster. KEs between firms in the cluster in turn directly affect the climate change innovations. The findings suggest a perhaps counterintuitive interrelationship between firm- and cluster-level impacts, in which KEs between firms in the cluster play a partial mediating role in the innovation process. The study further finds that climate change innovations are related to firm performance (FP) and reductions in greenhouse gases (GHGs): mitigative innovations lead to greater GHG reductions while adaptive innovations impact on FP. Contributions of the findings are discussed, as are future research directions. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5195 10.1007/s10551-014-2461-8 Springer Netherlands restricted
spellingShingle Clusters
Innovation
Climate change
Absorptive capacity
Australia
Firm performance
Wine
Galbreath, Jeremy
Charles, David
Oczkowski, E.
The Drivers of Climate Change Innovations: Evidence from the Australian Wine Industry
title The Drivers of Climate Change Innovations: Evidence from the Australian Wine Industry
title_full The Drivers of Climate Change Innovations: Evidence from the Australian Wine Industry
title_fullStr The Drivers of Climate Change Innovations: Evidence from the Australian Wine Industry
title_full_unstemmed The Drivers of Climate Change Innovations: Evidence from the Australian Wine Industry
title_short The Drivers of Climate Change Innovations: Evidence from the Australian Wine Industry
title_sort drivers of climate change innovations: evidence from the australian wine industry
topic Clusters
Innovation
Climate change
Absorptive capacity
Australia
Firm performance
Wine
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5195