Does Green Intellectual Capital affect Green Innovation Performance? Evidence from the Spanish wine industry

Resumen

This research focuses on analysing how the set of green intangiblesheld by wineries and their members, i.e. Green Intellectual Capital (GIC), affects Green Innovation Performance (GIP). Specifically, the study investigates how GIP is influenced by GIC through the mediating role of the variable Knowledge Management (KM) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). This research used data from a survey of 202 wineries in Spain and followed a quantitative approach using Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The results of the research indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship between GIC and GIP. Furthermore, CSR and KM partially mediate the relationship between these two variables, playing a key role in the environmental management of wineries. The contributions of the study allow us to improve the understanding of therelationships raised, to continue advancing in the study of environmental intangibles, as well as to provide a series of guidelines for both environmental managers and winemakers to improve their GIC and, as a consequence, their CSR, KM and GIP.