This study examines how green intellectual capital (GIC) affects economic and green performance through green innovation. We show ways in which a firm's performance is influenced by three dimensions of GIC, that is, green human capital (GHC), green relational capital (GRC), and green structural capital (GSC), and use the mediating role of green innovation to explain the relationships. The results of a survey conducted on 138 high-tech firms indicate that the three GIC constructs positively affect economic performance, green performance, and green innovation, respectively. Further analysis finds that green innovation fully mediates the linkage of GHC–economic performance and GSC–green performance and partially mediates the linkage of GRC–economic performance and GRC–green performance. We find that green innovation does not mediate the linkage of GSC–economic performance and GHC–green performance, and this contributes towards business strategy and implementation of green innovation practices.

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绿色智力资本的环境政策：绩效可持续性的绿色创新战略

本研究探讨绿色智力资本 (GIC) 如何通过绿色创新影响经济和绿色绩效。我们展示了企业绩效受绿色人力资本 (GHC)、绿色关系资本 (GRC) 和绿色结构资本 (GSC) 三个维度影响的方式，并利用绿色创新的中介作用解释关系。对 138 家高科技公司进行的调查结果表明，三种 GIC 结构分别对经济绩效、绿色绩效和绿色创新产生积极影响。进一步分析发现，绿色创新完全中介了GHC-经济绩效和GSC-绿色绩效的联系，部分中介了GRC-经济绩效和GRC-绿色绩效的联系。