Intermediaries motivating eco-innovation in Jordanian small and medium enterprises
Economic Annals-ХХI: Volume 191, Issue 7-8(1), Pages: 88-99
Citation information:
Al-Hanakta, R., Illés, B. Cs., & Dunay, A. (2021). Intermediaries motivating eco-innovation in Jordanian small and medium enterprises. Economic Annals-XXI, 191(7-8(1)), 88-99. doi: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V191-07
Reham Al-Hanakta
PhD Student (Economics),
Doctoral School of Economics and Regional Sciences,
Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences
1 Páter K. Str., Gödöllő, H-2100, Hungary
Al-Hanakta.Reham.Yahia@phd.uni-mate.hu
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3954-2072
Csaba Bálint Illés
D.Sc. (Economics),
Full Professor,
Head, Department of Business Economics and Management,
Institute of Economic Sciences,
Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences
1 Páter K. Str., Gödöllő, H-2100, Hungary
Illes.Balint.Csaba@uni-mate.hu
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9546-2897
Anna Dunay
D.Sc. (Economics),
Full Professor,
Department of Business Economics and Management,
Institute of Economic Sciences,
Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences
1 Páter K. Str., Gödöllő, H-2100, Hungary
Dunay.Anna@uni-mate.hu
ORCID ID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0254-9243
Intermediaries motivating eco-innovation in Jordanian small and medium-sized enterprises
Abstract. This paper aims at identifying the role intermediaries in small medium-sized enterprises’ (SME) quest for eco-innovation according to an empirical qualitative interview among Jordanian companies as well as applied cleaner production as an a approach which reduces environmental pollution along with positive financial benefits for the enterprise.
The lack of partnership between knowledge producers (academia) and knowledge users (industry) is tangible and unsatisfying. This also has negative impact on the innovation competitiveness of Small and medium enterprises SMEs.
SMEs can access to and benefit from crucial external knowledge through alliance with innovation intermediaries, namely, the Water and Environment Centre (WEC) at the Royal Scientific Society (RSS). Cleaner Production CP is considered the method and tool to recognize where and why a company is losing resources in the form of waste and pollution, and how these losses can be minimized.
The key finding that the proactive approach (cleaner production) is one essential push factor to trigger eco-innovations in SMEs. This finding indicates that SMEs might need facilitation for eco-innovation of different levels of support as well as, highlighting drivers and barriers for eco-innovation in SMEs.
Keywords: Eco-Innovation; Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises; Jordan; Cleaner Production Unit (CPU); Intermediaries
JEL Classification: M21; O31
Acknowledgements and Funding: The authors received no direct funding for this research.
Contribution: The authors contributed equally to this work.
Data Availability Statement: The dataset is available from the authors upon request.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V191-07
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Received 14.04.2021
Received in revised form 6.05.2021
Accepted 21.05.2021
Available online 10.07.2021