利益相关方参与及其对企业竞争优势的影响——中国大中型工业企业环境管理的实证研究

Stakeholder Engagement and Competitive Advantage of the Firms——The Case of Corporate Environmental Management in China

本文综合利益相关方理论和企业资源观理论,提出利益相关方参与(SE)对企业竞争优势的作用模型和假设;收集中国215家大中型工业企业的环境管理问卷调查的数据,采用结构方程模型方法检验理论假设。结果表明,在中国转型发展阶段,大中型工业企业利益相关方参与状况尚待改进,运营支持类利益相关方参与对企业竞争优势有显著的正面影响,决策权威类利益相关方的过度参与则有显著的负面影响,商业伙伴类利益相关方参与的影响不显著。据此,对改进利益相关方参与的方式给出针对性的建议。

This article examines influences of stakeholder engagement on the competitive advantage, specifically investigating how three groups of stakeholders, i. e. , operation undertakers, decision makers, and business partners contribute to strategic, operational and relational advantage of the firms. I tested hypotheses with original survey data from 215 large and medium-sized manufactures in China, focusing on corporate environmental management. Employing a structural equation modeling method, I found while engaging operation undertakers more in environmental management may significantly improve all three dimensions of the competitive advantage, decision makers have significant negative impact, and there is no association between business partners＇ engagement in environmental management and competitive advantage. Explanations and new research avenues are discussed.