Green Production Management and Innovation Nexus: Evidence from Technology-Based SMEs of China

Abstract

This paper aims to study the relationship between green production management and enterprise innovation through empirical analysis of China’s technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It can promote the improvement of the production management efficiency of enterprises. The rapid development of information technology and the change in social productivity has changed lifestyles in ways that trigger certain challenges in production management, especially in technology-based SMEs. The main issue is the role of leaders and organizational practices. Therefore, this paper designs and improves the structural and operating mechanisms of technology-based SMEs by employing the person fit and evolutionary game models. This paper gathers data from technology-based SMEs of Zhejiang Province, China, by conducting a questionnaire-based survey. The principle of person-environment fit revealed the positive leadership skills of enterprise managers. In addition, the evolutionary game model revealed the re-optimization of SMEs to improve management efficiency through reforming enterprises’ organization, management, and supervision mechanisms. Finally, strengthening collaborative innovation, improving innovation support services, grasping the balanced scale of the system, and boosting the innovation habitat for the healthy and innovative ecosystem of technology-based SMEs are proposed. This paper provides suggestions for policymakers to expand and upgrade management, especially in technology-based enterprises.