Systemic Strategies
Corporate Culture and Green Innovation - the Role of External Governance: Sustainability and Environmental Management
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Yasean Tahat
The study falls within the sustainability, governance, and environmental field of research. It aims to examine the impact of corporate culture on green innovation utilizing data from U.S. firms between 2003 and 2021. It leverages newly available corporate culture data which is developed using advanced machine learning techniques to measure five cultural dimensions including innovation, integrity, quality, respect, and teamwork extracted from corporate earnings call transcripts. The study is grounded in the Resource-Based Theory which posits that corporate culture as a unique and intangible resource plays a pivotal role in fostering sustainable innovation and competitive advantage. It employs a quantitative approach to test the hypotheses proposed where the data is collected from the Refinitiv Database. The results show that a strong corporate culture positively influences green innovation with innovation and quality emerging as key drivers. The study also highlights the moderating role of external governance, finding that the positive impact of corporate culture is more pronounced in firms with high ownership concentration and greater analyst coverage. By integrating internal cultural values and external oversight, this research provides insights into how firms can foster sustainable innovation offering implications for managers, investors, and policymakers focused on promoting environmental sustainability within corporate strategy. In conclusion, the study underscores the critical role of corporate culture in driving green innovation highlighting innovation and quality as key cultural dimensions that enhance sustainable practices.
Bridging the Knowledge Gap: The Synergy of Knowledge, IT Governance, and Workforce Preparedness among Youth
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Naser Abughazaleh
In this study, we investigated the interconnections between knowledge-based strategies, information technology (IT) governance, and perceived employability among Saudi university students. We used a cross-sectional approach and convenience sampling to collect quantitative data from 280 university students. Structural Equation Model based on Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) was used for data analysis. The results confirm the significant positive effect of knowledge value and the knowledge-sharing process on IT governance and perceived employability; the significant positive effect on perceived employability was also confirmed. Our findings also reveal significant mediating effects of IT governance between knowledge value, the knowledge-sharing process, and perceived employability.
Global Biogenic Methane Emissions From Land and Freshwater Ecosystems : Implications to the Global Socioeconomic and Climate Systems
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Qianlai Zhuang
Land and freshwater ecosystems play a significant role in affecting the global methane budget. With future warming, the increase of methane emissions could create large positive feedbacks to the global climate system. We use observation data of methane fluxes from diverse land and freshwater ecosystems to calibrate and evaluate extant land and freshwater biogeochemistry models of the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM) and the Arctic Lake Biogeochemistry Model (ALBM) to quantify the global methane emissions for the past few decades and the 21st century in a temporally and spatially explicit manner. TEM simulates that global wetlands emissions are 212 ± 62 and 212 ± 32 Tg CH4 yr−1 due to uncertain parameters and wetland type distribution, respectively, during 2000–2012. After combining the global upland methane consumption of −34 to −46 Tg CH4 yr−1, we estimate that the global net land methane emissions are 149–176 Tg CH4 yr−1 due to uncertain wetland distribution and meteorological input. During 1950–2016, both wetland emissions and upland consumption increased during El Niño events and decreased during La Niña events. Current global methane emissions are 24.0 ± 8.4 Tg CH4 yr−1 from lakes larger than 0.1 km2. Future projections under the RCP8.5 scenario suggest a 58–86% growth in emissions from lakes. Our studies identify the key biogeochemical and physical processes of controlling methane production, consumption, and transport in various hotspot emission regions. Our studies reveal the challenges to better constrain the quantification uncertainty of global biogenic methane emissions across the landscape.
