Análise regional da relação entre o grau de internacionalização e a inovação verde das empresas

Abstract

This study aims to verify if the companies with the biggest internationalization degree shows more sustainable corporate practices. For that, 122 exporting companies from the cities of Uberlândia and Ribeirão Preto were analysed, calculating their degree of internationalization and checking the innovation profile of green products, processes and practices, correlating the two dimensions using Spearman's correlation test. The results shows a strong and significative correlation between the Intenationalization Degree and the variables that make up the green innovation constructs of green innovation products, processes and practices. This research results helps this field of literature by deepening the analysis of the relation between internationalization and the specific variables of green innovation in a contexto of regional companies.