Purpose

The need to engage in manufacturing practices that promote environmental sustainability has shifted from being optional to mandatory. From the perspectives of institutional and stakeholder theories, this paper captures the efficacy of isomorphic pressures on the adoption of green procurement, green product and process innovations and their respective influence on organizational legitimacy and financial performance in the context of an emerging economy and from the perspective of manufacturing small-and medium-sized enterprises.

Design/methodology/approach

The study adopted a survey research design, a quantitative approach and partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) technique in making data analysis and interpretations due to its suitability for predictive research models.

Findings

Analysis of the results highlighted the fact that the composite impact of coercive, mimetic and normative isomorphic pressures robustly influenced the adoption of green procurement, green product and process innovations. Simultaneously, green procurement, green product and process innovations significantly influenced organizational legitimacy. Green procurement and green product innovation also significantly influenced financial performance unlike green process innovation that had an insignificant yet positive impact on financial performance. Based on the results, theoretical and practical implications are explained for policy makers, managers, government authorities and owners.

Originality/value

The study is among the first to expose isomorphic pressures on the adoption of green manufacturing practices specifically, green procurement, green product and process innovations and their influence on organizational legitimacy and financial performance in the context of Ghana, an emerging economy and from the perspective of small-and medium-sized enterprises. As such, the study provides guidance to relevant industry authorities and stakeholders in further promoting green manufacturing practices that preserve the environment by producing safer consumer products through efficient green procurement, green product and process innovative practices.

中文翻译：

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研究同构压力对采用绿色制造实践的有效性及其对组织合法性和财务绩效的影响

目的

从事能够促进环境可持续性的制造实践的需求已从可选性变为强制性。从制度和利益相关者理论的角度，本文从新兴经济的背景下，从同构压力中获取了采用同等压力对绿色采购，绿色产品和流程创新的采用及其对组织合法性和财务绩效的影响。制造业的中小型企业。

设计/方法/方法

这项研究由于适用于预测研究模型，因此在进行数据分析和解释时采用了调查研究设计，定量方法和偏最小二乘结构方程模型（PLS-SEM）技术。

发现

对结果的分析强调了这样一个事实，即强制性，模拟性和规范性同构压力的综合影响强烈地影响了绿色采购，绿色产品和流程创新的采用。同时，绿色采购，绿色产品和流程创新极大地影响了组织的合法性。绿色采购和绿色产品创新也显着影响财务绩效，而绿色流程创新对财务绩效的影响却微不足道。根据结果​​，为决策者，经理，政府当局和所有者解释了理论和实践意义。

创意/价值

该研究是第一个揭示采用绿色制造实践的同构压力的方法，特别是在加纳，新兴经济体以及从加纳的角度来看，绿色采购，绿色产品和流程创新及其对组织合法性和财务绩效的影响。中小型企业。因此，该研究为相关行业主管部门和利益相关者提供了指导，以进一步促进绿色制造实践，通过有效的绿色采购，绿色产品和工艺创新实践来生产更安全的消费产品，从而保护环境。