Technology capability and information sharing: effects on the sustainable environmental performance of industrial companies

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https://doi.org/10.5902/1983465944272

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Desempenho ambiental sustentável, Capacidade tecnológica, Compartilhamento de informação

Abstract

Purpose – To analyze the impact exerted by the technological capability and the influence exercised by information sharing on sustainable environmental performance.

Design/methodology/approach – Quantitative research using sample with 148 industrial companies and application of multivariate analysis for verification of hypotheses.

Findings – The results indicate that technological capability has a direct and positive impact on environmental performance and information sharing has a significant moderating effect on this impact.

Research limitations/implications – The research investigates direct impact and moderation relationships, not extending the analysis to other types of relationships, effects and influences, which may be investigated in future research.

Practical implications – The simultaneous influence of technological capability and information sharing on sustainable environmental performance contributes to broadening the set of variables and relationships with potential to boost organizational performance.

Social implications – Managers of organizations can improve sustainable performance by building technological capability and encouraging the sharing of knowledge and information by their teams.

Originality/value – This study explores simultaneous effects of organizational variables with potential to drive sustainable environmental performance, adding new possibilities for analysis and identification of factors that can interfere with organizational performance.

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Silvânia Da Rocha Medeiros Vila Nova, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS

Doutoranda em Administração (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS) e pesquisadora na área de gestão e negócios. Mestra em Propriedade Intelectual e Transferência de Tecnologia para Inovação (Universidade Federal de Alagoas - UFAL/PROFNIT). MBA em Estratégia Empresarial (Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE). MBA em Gestão Pública com ênfase em Pessoas e Conhecimento (Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV). Graduada em Administração (Universidade Federal de Alagoas - UFAL). Professora Tutora da Escola Virtual da Fundação IBGE (Escola Nacional de Ciências Estatísticas - ENCE). Analista em Gestão de Informações da Fundação Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística - IBGE, com experiência em gestão de pessoas, coordenação de pesquisas, coleta de dados e disseminação de informações científicas de bases acadêmicas e tecnológicas. Áreas de estudo: inovação responsável, gestão da sustentabilidade, capacidades dinâmicas, orientação para o mercado, gestão da inovação.

Claudia Cristina Bitencourt, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS

Professora titular e Decana da Escola de Gestão e Negócios da UNISINOS. Possui Doutorado em Administração pelo PPGA/UFRGS (2001); Mestrado em Administração pelo PPGA/UFRGS (1995); Especialização em Administração de Recursos Humanos pela FDRH/PUCRS (1990); Graduação em Administração de Empresas pela PUCRS (1989). Foi professora visitante nas Universidades de Queensland (2000 e 2003), Universidade de Lisboa (2006), Universidade Texas PanAmericana (2009, 2011) e Thunderbird School of Global Management (2009). Sua área de interesse é em Comportamento Organizacional, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: capacidades dinâmicas, aprendizagem organizacional e inovação social.

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2020-12-22

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Vila Nova, S. D. R. M., & Bitencourt, C. C. (2020). Technology capability and information sharing: effects on the sustainable environmental performance of industrial companies. Revista De Administração Da UFSM, 13, 1175–1192. https://doi.org/10.5902/1983465944272

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