The mediating role of process and product innovation in the relationship between environmental management accounting and firm’s financial performance

This study aims to investigate the mediating role of product and process innovation in the relationship between environmental management accounting (EMA) and firm's financial performance in Iranian companies. The paper adopted the structural equation modelling (SEM) approach to test the hypothe...

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Main Authors: Saeidi, Sayedeh Parastoo, Othman, Mohd Shahwahid Haji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inderscience 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63486/
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description This study aims to investigate the mediating role of product and process innovation in the relationship between environmental management accounting (EMA) and firm's financial performance in Iranian companies. The paper adopted the structural equation modelling (SEM) approach to test the hypotheses. The findings are based on 118 Iranian manufacturing and consumer product firms in 2014. The findings reveal that the link between environmental management accounting and financial performance is a partial mediated relationship. Positive effect of environmental management accounting on financial performance is due to the positive effect environmental management accounting has on both product and process innovation on one hand and positive affect that innovation has on financial performance on the other. These findings suggest a role for environmental management accounting in indirectly promoting firm performance through enhancing innovation.
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spelling upm-634862018-11-04T23:51:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63486/ The mediating role of process and product innovation in the relationship between environmental management accounting and firm’s financial performance Saeidi, Sayedeh Parastoo Othman, Mohd Shahwahid Haji This study aims to investigate the mediating role of product and process innovation in the relationship between environmental management accounting (EMA) and firm's financial performance in Iranian companies. The paper adopted the structural equation modelling (SEM) approach to test the hypotheses. The findings are based on 118 Iranian manufacturing and consumer product firms in 2014. The findings reveal that the link between environmental management accounting and financial performance is a partial mediated relationship. Positive effect of environmental management accounting on financial performance is due to the positive effect environmental management accounting has on both product and process innovation on one hand and positive affect that innovation has on financial performance on the other. These findings suggest a role for environmental management accounting in indirectly promoting firm performance through enhancing innovation. Inderscience 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63486/1/The%20mediating%20role%20of%20process%20and%20product%20innovation%20in%20the%20relationship%20between%20environmental%20management%20accounting%20and%20firm%27s%20financial%20performance.pdf Saeidi, Sayedeh Parastoo and Othman, Mohd Shahwahid Haji (2017) The mediating role of process and product innovation in the relationship between environmental management accounting and firm’s financial performance. International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 14 (4). 421 - 438. ISSN ISSN: 1751-0252; ESSN: 1751-0260 http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=87839 10.1504/IJBIR.2017.10008175
spellingShingle Saeidi, Sayedeh Parastoo
Othman, Mohd Shahwahid Haji
The mediating role of process and product innovation in the relationship between environmental management accounting and firm’s financial performance
title The mediating role of process and product innovation in the relationship between environmental management accounting and firm’s financial performance
title_full The mediating role of process and product innovation in the relationship between environmental management accounting and firm’s financial performance
title_fullStr The mediating role of process and product innovation in the relationship between environmental management accounting and firm’s financial performance
title_full_unstemmed The mediating role of process and product innovation in the relationship between environmental management accounting and firm’s financial performance
title_short The mediating role of process and product innovation in the relationship between environmental management accounting and firm’s financial performance
title_sort mediating role of process and product innovation in the relationship between environmental management accounting and firm’s financial performance
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