MNEs engagement with environmental sustainability in an emerging economy: Do dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial orientation matter?

Abderaouf  Bouguerra; Selim Cakir; Tazeeb Rajwani; Kamel Mellahi; Ekrem  Tatoglu

doi:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102298

MNEs engagement with environmental sustainability in an emerging economy: Do dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial orientation matter?

Abderaouf Bouguerra^*
, Selim Cakir
, Tazeeb Rajwani
, Kamel Mellahi
, Ekrem Tatoglu

^*Corresponding author for this work

Strategy and International Business

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In this study, we investigate the link between multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) dynamic capabilities (DC) and their environmental collaboration with suppliers mediated by entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and moderated by environmental complexity. Drawing on responses from 249 managers of MNEs in Türkiye, we find that DC improve environmental collaboration with suppliers. Moreover, we posit that through EO, MNEs achieves greater environmental collaboration with suppliers for effective environmental solutions, especially at a low level of environmental complexity. The results enrich the role of organizational capabilities in strengthening environmental collaboration with suppliers to achieve environmental sustainability, and provide suggestions for managers and policymakers to better understand capabilities for the purpose of attaining sustainability.

Original language	English
Article number	102298
Number of pages	11
Journal	International Business Review
Volume	34
Issue number	2
Early online date	3 May 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102298
Publication status	Published - Mar 2025

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