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The Drivers of Climate Change Innovations: Evidence from the Australian Wine Industry

Authors: Jeremy Galbreath, David Charles, Eddie Oczkowski

Published in: Journal of Business Ethics | Issue 2/2016

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This study examined the drivers of climate change innovations and the effects of these innovations on firm outcomes in a sample of 203 firms in the South Australian wine cluster. The results of structural equation modeling analysis suggest that absorptive capacity has a direct effect on climate change innovations, and stimulates knowledge exchanges (KEs) between firms in the cluster. KEs between firms in the cluster in turn directly affect the climate change innovations. The findings suggest a perhaps counterintuitive interrelationship between firm- and cluster-level impacts, in which KEs between firms in the cluster play a partial mediating role in the innovation process. The study further finds that climate change innovations are related to firm performance (FP) and reductions in greenhouse gases (GHGs): mitigative innovations lead to greater GHG reductions while adaptive innovations impact on FP. Contributions of the findings are discussed, as are future research directions.

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4-point scale where 1 = no exchange; 2 = very little exchange; 3 = moderate exchange; and 4 = very high exchange.

7-point scale ranging from 1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree.

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7-point scale were 1 = not applicable; 2 = not considering; 3 = future consideration; 4 = assessing suitability; 5 = planning to implement; 6 = implementing now; and 7 = implemented.

7-point scale ranging from 1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree.

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Title: The Drivers of Climate Change Innovations: Evidence from the Australian Wine Industry
Authors: Jeremy Galbreath
David Charles
Eddie Oczkowski
Publication date: 26-11-2014
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Journal of Business Ethics / Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0167-4544
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0697
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2461-8

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