?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F42704%2F&rft.title=The+influence+of+eco-innovation+supply+chain+practices+on+business+eco-efficiency&rft.creator=Azevedo%2C+Susana&rft.creator=Cudney%2C+Elizabeth+A.&rft.creator=Grilo%2C+Ant%C3%B3nio&rft.creator=Carvalho%2C+Helena&rft.creator=Cruz-Machado%2C+V.&rft.subject=C14+-+Semiparametric+and+Nonparametric+Methods%3A+General&rft.subject=C12+-+Hypothesis+Testing%3A+General&rft.subject=M21+-+Business+Economics&rft.description=This+paper+aims+to+study+the+influence+of+eco-innovation+practices+on+eco-efficiency+of+business%2C+which+embraces+environmental+and+economic+performance.+Four+hypotheses+are+drawn+up+based+on+the+existing+literature+in+green+supply+chain+and+considering+the+business+innovation.+A+survey+questionnaire+was+used+to+collect+data+on+a+sample+of+USA+and+Portuguese+innovative+organizations.+Multivariate+statistics+and+Partial+Least+Squares+(PLS)+path+modelling+techniques+were+used+to+test+the+proposed+hypothesis.+%0AThe+statistical+analysis+allows+to+conclude+that+there+are+differences+between+the+eco-innovation+practices+deployed+by+organizations+belonging+to+different+sectors+and+with+different+sizes.+Also%2C+it+was+found+that+the+level+of+implementation+of+the+different+eco-innovation+practices+by+organizations+influence+the+eco-efficiency+of+businesses.&rft.date=2012-11-17&rft.type=MPRA+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F42704%2F1%2FMPRA_paper_42704.pdf&rft.identifier=++Azevedo%2C+Susana+and+Cudney%2C+Elizabeth+A.+and+Grilo%2C+Ant%C3%B3nio+and+Carvalho%2C+Helena+and+Cruz-Machado%2C+V.++(2012)%3A+The+influence+of+eco-innovation+supply+chain+practices+on+business+eco-efficiency.++++&rft.language=en