Technological integration and energy‐efficiency innovation: The mediating effect of energy management evidence from Egypt
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environment and energyRecord type:
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KhoMohSonAbd
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Abstract This study examines the mediating effect of energy management on corporate technological integration and energy‐efficiency innovation nexus. Using data from 1345 Egyptian Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) from 2018 to 2020, we employed Baron and Kenny's approach, SEM, and bootstrapping tests for robustness. Our findings reveal the following: (1) Energy management, at various managerial levels partially, mediates the communication technologies' effect on energy‐efficiency innovation. (2) Websites, as an information and communication technology tool, help to improve the stakeholders' reciprocity and enhance the corporate reputation. (3) Foreign technological licensing, as a source of external knowledge acquisition, shows a nonsignificant effect on innovation, indicating that imported technologies do not enhance knowledge sharing or green innovation. These insights underscore the importance of websites in driving energy management, which subsequently boosts energy‐efficiency innovation. Thus, it encourages Egyptian small and medium enterprises to leverage technological tools for environmental aims.
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