Table 8.1 Organizations internal barriers to green innovation
Listed barriers
Description
Supporting literature
Lack of top
management
commitment
(BI01)
It refers to lack of willingness of top
management and owners of the organization to incorporate green
technologies
Mangla et al. (2017) and Gupta and
Barua (2018)
Resistance from
employees
(BI02)
It refers to resistance by employees to
the adoption of new technologies due
to the fear that it will upset their status
quo
Lin and Ho (2008), De Jesus and
Mendonça (2018), and Gupta and
Barua (2018)
Lack of skilled
human resources
(BI03)
It refers to lack of manpower and staff
that have necessary skills to adopt
green innovation
Collins et al. (2007), Lin and Ho
(2008), and Xia et al. (2019)
Insufficient
motivation and
rewards (BI04)
It refers to lack of reward schemes for
employees for creative and innovative thinking and bringing change
related to greening of the products
and processes in the organization
Madrid-Guijarro et al. (2009)
Lack of perceived benefits
(BI05)
It refers to lack of belief among
employees and managers about the
probable benefits of green products
Walker et al. (2008), Govindan et al.
(2014), De Jesus and Mendonça
(2018), Gupta and Barua (2018), and
Xia et al. (2019)
Lag between
design and diffusion (BI06)
It refers to inability of the organization to incorporate the design modifications done into their products and
processes
De Jesus and Mendonça (2018)
Insufficient
knowledge
(BI07)
It refers to lack of knowledge
regarding green technologies and
processes among the employees and
managers of the organization
Madrid-Guijarro et al. (2009),
Mangla et al. (2017), De Jesus and
Mendonça (2018), and Xia et al.
(2019)
Lack of required
infrastructure
(BI08)
It refers to lack of infrastructure to
process and produce green products.
The production machinery might be
able to process steel but might not be
able to process plastic properly
Dubey et al. (2017) and Xia et al.
(2019)
Lack of technologies (BI09)
It refers to lack of technologies within
the organization to carry out green
innovation related activities and also
for recycling and reuse of products
Del Río et al. (2010), Gupta and
Barua (2018), and Xia et al. (2019)
Lack of financial
support (BI10)
It refers to insufficient funds for carrying out activities related to greening
of the products and processes
Cecere et al. (2018) and De Jesus
and Mendonça (2018)
Insufficient R&D
facilities (BI11)
It refers to lack of research and
development facilities at the organization for carrying out activities
related to the greening of the
operations
Perron (2005) and Pawanchik and
Sulaiman (2010)
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Listed barriers
Description
Supporting literature
Lack of top
management
commitment
(BI01)
It refers to lack of willingness of top
management and owners of the organization to incorporate green
technologies
Mangla et al. (2017) and Gupta and
Barua (2018)
Resistance from
employees
(BI02)
It refers to resistance by employees to
the adoption of new technologies due
to the fear that it will upset their status
quo
Lin and Ho (2008), De Jesus and
Mendonça (2018), and Gupta and
Barua (2018)
Lack of skilled
human resources
(BI03)
It refers to lack of manpower and staff
that have necessary skills to adopt
green innovation
Collins et al. (2007), Lin and Ho
(2008), and Xia et al. (2019)
Insufficient
motivation and
rewards (BI04)
It refers to lack of reward schemes for
employees for creative and innovative thinking and bringing change
related to greening of the products
and processes in the organization
Madrid-Guijarro et al. (2009)
Lack of perceived benefits
(BI05)
It refers to lack of belief among
employees and managers about the
probable benefits of green products
Walker et al. (2008), Govindan et al.
(2014), De Jesus and Mendonça
(2018), Gupta and Barua (2018), and
Xia et al. (2019)
Lag between
design and diffusion (BI06)
It refers to inability of the organization to incorporate the design modifications done into their products and
processes
De Jesus and Mendonça (2018)
Insufficient
knowledge
(BI07)
It refers to lack of knowledge
regarding green technologies and
processes among the employees and
managers of the organization
Madrid-Guijarro et al. (2009),
Mangla et al. (2017), De Jesus and
Mendonça (2018), and Xia et al.
(2019)
Lack of required
infrastructure
(BI08)
It refers to lack of infrastructure to
process and produce green products.
The production machinery might be
able to process steel but might not be
able to process plastic properly
Dubey et al. (2017) and Xia et al.
(2019)
Lack of technologies (BI09)
It refers to lack of technologies within
the organization to carry out green
innovation related activities and also
for recycling and reuse of products
Del Río et al. (2010), Gupta and
Barua (2018), and Xia et al. (2019)
Lack of financial
support (BI10)
It refers to insufficient funds for carrying out activities related to greening
of the products and processes
Cecere et al. (2018) and De Jesus
and Mendonça (2018)
Insufficient R&D
facilities (BI11)
It refers to lack of research and
development facilities at the organization for carrying out activities
related to the greening of the
operations
Perron (2005) and Pawanchik and
Sulaiman (2010)
142
H. Gupta and M. K. Barua