The Ecuadorian Banana Farms Managers’ Perceptions: Innovation as A Driver of Environmental Sustainability Practices
This article aims to explore the perceptions of banana farms managers towards environmental sustainability practices through the impact of innovation, adoption of information systems, and training employees through a case study in the province of El Oro (Ecuador). Furthermore, the paper assesses how...
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| author | Ramírez Orellana, Alicia Ruiz Palomo, Daniel Rojo Ramírez, Alfonso Andrés Burgos Burgos, John |
| author_facet | Ramírez Orellana, Alicia Ruiz Palomo, Daniel Rojo Ramírez, Alfonso Andrés Burgos Burgos, John |
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| description | This article aims to explore the perceptions of banana farms managers towards environmental sustainability practices through the impact of innovation, adoption of information systems, and training employees through a case study in the province of El Oro (Ecuador). Furthermore, the paper assesses how farmers’ perceptions could guide public policy incentives. PLS-Structural Equation Modeling are used as the framework by which the constructs is represented within the model. The model explained 59% of the environmental sustainability practices of Ecuadorian banana farms. The results indicate that environmental sustainability practices were positively influenced mainly by training employees, innovation, and adoption of information systems. Additionally, both the adoption of information systems and training employees indirectly influenced sustainable practices through innovation as a mediator. We may conclude that in the Ecuadorian banana farms, changes in environmental practices are derived from innovation strategies as an axis of development of useful information and training employees in public policies. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-102492023-04-12T19:10:12Z The Ecuadorian Banana Farms Managers’ Perceptions: Innovation as A Driver of Environmental Sustainability Practices Ramírez Orellana, Alicia Ruiz Palomo, Daniel Rojo Ramírez, Alfonso Andrés Burgos Burgos, John adoption of information systems Ecuador environmental sustainability practices innovation PLS-SEM training employees This article aims to explore the perceptions of banana farms managers towards environmental sustainability practices through the impact of innovation, adoption of information systems, and training employees through a case study in the province of El Oro (Ecuador). Furthermore, the paper assesses how farmers’ perceptions could guide public policy incentives. PLS-Structural Equation Modeling are used as the framework by which the constructs is represented within the model. The model explained 59% of the environmental sustainability practices of Ecuadorian banana farms. The results indicate that environmental sustainability practices were positively influenced mainly by training employees, innovation, and adoption of information systems. Additionally, both the adoption of information systems and training employees indirectly influenced sustainable practices through innovation as a mediator. We may conclude that in the Ecuadorian banana farms, changes in environmental practices are derived from innovation strategies as an axis of development of useful information and training employees in public policies. 2021-03-15T09:07:29Z 2021-03-15T09:07:29Z 2021-03-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2077-0472 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/10249 https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11030213 en https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/3/213 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | adoption of information systems Ecuador environmental sustainability practices innovation PLS-SEM training employees Ramírez Orellana, Alicia Ruiz Palomo, Daniel Rojo Ramírez, Alfonso Andrés Burgos Burgos, John The Ecuadorian Banana Farms Managers’ Perceptions: Innovation as A Driver of Environmental Sustainability Practices |
| title | The Ecuadorian Banana Farms Managers’ Perceptions: Innovation as A Driver of Environmental Sustainability Practices |
| title_full | The Ecuadorian Banana Farms Managers’ Perceptions: Innovation as A Driver of Environmental Sustainability Practices |
| title_fullStr | The Ecuadorian Banana Farms Managers’ Perceptions: Innovation as A Driver of Environmental Sustainability Practices |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Ecuadorian Banana Farms Managers’ Perceptions: Innovation as A Driver of Environmental Sustainability Practices |
| title_short | The Ecuadorian Banana Farms Managers’ Perceptions: Innovation as A Driver of Environmental Sustainability Practices |
| title_sort | ecuadorian banana farms managers’ perceptions: innovation as a driver of environmental sustainability practices |
| topic | adoption of information systems Ecuador environmental sustainability practices innovation PLS-SEM training employees |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/10249 https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11030213 |
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