Green intellectual capital and knowledge sharing toward green innovation in Vietnam

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of green intellectual capital and knowledge sharing on green innovation performance of manufacturing firms in Vietnam. With the past literature review, the study aimed to broaden the knowledge about the essential role of green intellectual capital in organizational contexts. Furthermore, we provided a detailed evidence of the effect of three aspects of green intellectual capital, particularly green human capital, green structural capital, and green relational capital on explicit knowledge sharing and tacit knowledge sharing, then lead to superior company green product innovation and green process innovation. A sample of 543 respondents from 50 manufacturing firm is collected by convenient sampling method and snowball sampling method, regardless of their industry and size. The results showed that three dimensions of green intellectual capital are positively relate to green innovation. Through effects analysis, a possible mechanism was provided by which all those three variables influenced on knowledge sharing, which in turn, contributed to green product innovation and green process innovation. This research has many practical implications, particularly for professionals and administrators to understand the present state of their stakeholders' view about environmental, social and economic performance.