Green Competences and Responsible Innovation – Exploring the Reciprocity of Concepts Relationship
Green Competences and Responsible Innovation – Exploring the Reciprocity of Concepts Relationship

Summary/Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of the article is to investigate the relation between two novel management concepts:Green Competences (GCs) and Responsible Innovation (RI). Design/methodology/approach: The research is based on an integrative literature review.Findings: The research based on extensive literature studies confirms that the relationship betweenmanagers’ and employees’ GCs and a firm’s RI orientation is dynamic and reciprocal. This meansthat GCs acquired by organization members contribute to the development of a firm’s RI orientationand also that a company’s RI orientation has an impact on the increase of GCs among managers andemployees in a firm. The conducted literature review enabled formulating five propositions regarding therelationship between GCs and RI. Research limitations/implications: The author of the article is aware of the limitations of the conductedresearch. First, the concepts of GCs as well as RI are very broad, defined and explained in the literaturein numerous different ways. This makes them difficult to describe and assess with certainty. Due tothe number of publications necessary to study in regard to the concepts of green competences andresponsible innovations, the conducted studies should be treated as an initial stage for further analyses.Moreover, as the study is restricted by the re-interpretation of existing research, further empirical researchis needed to test the five propositions. Finally, due to a very dynamic development of the research field,a static, one-time analysis seems to be insufficient. Therefore, the replication of the study in the futureis recommended to observe changing trends and shifts in the research field over time. Originality/value: Based on the propositions regarding the relations between the GC and RI concepts,several models can be built to analyze the impact of organization members’ GCs on a company’sorientation towards RI as well as the impact of a firm’s RI orientation on the level of GCs acquiredby managers and employees. Future research pathways refer mainly to the operationalization of the RIdimensions as well as a firm’s RI orientation.

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