Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between firms’ life cycle stages (mature vs growth) and green process innovation performance. In addition, this research delineates the mechanism by which the mature stage firms are more strongly associated with green process innovation performance compared to growth stage firms and recognizes technological capabilities as a mediating variable fundamental to achieve a higher level of green process innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach This research collected data from 202 publicly listed Thai manufacturing firms. Initially, it used multiple regression analysis to test the relationship between mature stage firms and green process innovation performance compared to the relationship between growth stage firms and green process innovation performance. Later, this research followed Muller et al. (2005) to test the mediating role of technological capabilities and conducted (Sobel, 1982, 1986; Preacher and Hayes, 2004) tests to further validate the mediation effect. Findings The hypothesized relationships were found to be significant, providing a strong support that mature stage firms have higher green process innovation performance compared with growth stage firms. Moreover, the technological capabilities more strongly mediate the relationship between mature stage firms and green process innovation performance compared to growth stage firms and green process innovation performance. Originality/value This research contributes to the existing understanding about the internal drivers of green process innovation performance by incorporating and analyzing the firms’ life cycle stages as an internal driver. This research also contributes by empirically testing the mediating role of technological capabilities on the relationship between firms’ life cycle stages and green process innovation performance.

Adeel Tariq

Yuosre F. Badir

Umar Safdar

Waqas Tariq

Kamal Badar

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

该杂志旨在广泛覆盖与制造技术管理和企业设计、生产、营销和供应功能集成相关的国际主题。重点是发表寻求将理论与实际应用联系起来或批判性地分析真实案例的文章，目的是确定制造业的良好实践。文章可能基于实证调查、理论观点、案例研究分析或报告实验结果.但是，所有提交的内容都应对该领域做出重大的原创贡献；与制造技术管理直接相关；并包含具有普遍应用的元素。如果认为某项贡献虽然是技术性的，但会引起广泛的兴趣，则可以在“技术论文”标题下发表。如果一篇论文报告了尚未达到任何最终结果或结论阶段的研究正在进行中的工作，则可以考虑将其作为“研究笔记”发表。它的价值将根据它对研究问题、方法、数据分析技术等辩论的贡献程度来判断。

The Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management aims to broadly cover international topics related to the integration of manufacturing technology management with business design, production, marketing, and supply functions. The journal focuses on publishing articles that seek to connect theory with practical applications or critically analyze real cases, with the goal of identifying best practices in the manufacturing sector. All submitted content should make significant original contributions to the field, be directly related to manufacturing technology management, and include elements with universal applicability. If a contribution is deemed technical but likely to generate broad interest, it may be published under the 'Technical Papers' title. If a paper reports on ongoing research that has not yet reached any final results or conclusions, it may be considered for publication as a 'Research Note,' with its value judged based on its contribution to the debate on research questions, methodologies, data analysis techniques, and so forth.

《Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management》旨在广泛覆盖与制造技术管理及企业设计、生产、营销和供应功能集成相关的国际主题。该期刊重点发表寻求将理论与实际应用相结合或对真实案例进行批判性分析的文章，旨在确定制造业的最佳实践。所有提交的文章应对该领域做出显著的原创贡献，直接与制造技术管理相关，并包含具有普遍适用性的元素。如果某项贡献虽然技术性，但能引起广泛兴趣，则可以在“技术论文”栏目下发表。如果一篇论文报告了尚未达到最终结果或结论阶段的正在进行的研究工作，则可以考虑将其作为“研究笔记”发表，其价值将根据对研究问题、方法、数据分析技术等辩论的贡献程度来判断。

Category	Quartile
工程技术	2
工程技术, 工程工业	3
工程技术, 工程制造	3
工程技术, 管理学	4

Linking firms’ life cycle, capabilities, and green innovation

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