@article {azevedo_influence_2012-1, title = {The influence of eco-innovation supply chain practices on business eco-efficiency}, year = {2012}, note = {

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This paper aims to study the influence of eco-innovation practices on eco-efficiency of business, 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. The 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, it was found that the level of implementation of the different eco-innovation practices by organizations influence the eco-efficiency of businesses.

}, keywords = {C12 - Hypothesis Testing, C14 - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods, C42 - Survey Methods, M21 - Business Economics}, url = {http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/42704/}, author = {Azevedo, Susana and Cudney, Elizabeth A. and Grilo, Ant{\'o}nio and Carvalho, Helena and Cruz-Machado, V.} }