From green to growth: The effect of Go Green on entrepreneurial growth aspirations
研究了中小企业采纳绿色态度（将环境目标纳入战略规划）如何通过创新提升创业增长抱负，并发现绿色主观规范会削弱这一正向关系。
This paper examines the effect of small- and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs') pursuit of Go Green attitudes, characterized by the inclusion of environmental objectives in their strategic planning, on their entrepreneurial growth aspirations (EGAs) through the theory of planned behavior. We theorize that embracing Go Green attitudes can lead to heightened growth intentions; however, the positive relationship between Go Green attitudes and EGAs is weakened in institutional contexts that have more pronounced green subjective norms. Furthermore, the relationship between Go Green attitudes and EGAs is positively mediated by firm innovation, which serves as a behavioral control for SMEs' aspirations to grow their businesses. The empirical results we obtained from investigating a large sample of 16,074 SMEs in 39 economies are consistent with our theorization, and robust against various checks. • Go Green boosts entrepreneurial growth aspirations (EGAs). • The positive affect of Go Green on EGAs is conducted through improved innovation. • Green subjective norms weaken the association between Go Green and EGAs.