The Moderating Role of Firm's Level of Participation in a Cluster in the Relation between Absorptive Capacity and Sustainability Practices
| Autor | Sérgio Begnini/Carlos Eduardo Carvalho/Carlos Ricardo Rossetto |
https://bar.anpad.org.br
BAR − Brazilian Administration Review
Vol. 19, No. 3, Art. 4, e210034, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1590/1807-7692bar2022210034
Research Article
The Moderating Role of Firm’s Level of Participation in a
Cluster in the Relation between Absorptive Capacity
and Sustainability Practices
Sérgio Begnini1,2
Carlos Eduardo Carvalho1
Carlos Ricardo Rossetto3
1 Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina, Chapecó, SC, Brazil
2 Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Chapecó, SC, Brazil
3 Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Itajaí, SC, Brazil
Received March 21, 2021. This paper was with the authors for one revision. Accepted June 15, 2022.
First published online July 11, 2022.
Editor-in-Chief: Ivan Lapuente Garrido (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil).
Associate Editor: Yeda Swirski de Souza (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil).
Reviewers: Simone Regina Didonet (Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil) and Dusan Schreiber
(Universidade Feevale, Brazil).
Editorial assistants: Kler Godoy and Simone Rafael (ANPAD, Maringá, Brazil).
S. Begnini, C. E. Carvalho, C. R. Rossetto 2
ABSTRACT
Objective: this study aimed to analyze the moderating role of the firm’s participation level in a cluster in
the relation between absorptive capacity and economic, social, and environmental sustainability practices.
Methods: data were collected through a survey applied to 417 small and medium-sized firms participating
in clusters. Results: results indicate that the absorptive capacity influences positively and directly the
adoption of economic, social, and environmental sustainability practices. Such relations are moderated
by the firm’s level of participation in a cluster. Conclusions: we conclude that it is vital for the firm to
seek external information and use it in line with the information and resources it already has to generate
economic, social, and environmental sustainability practices. In addition, firms with a higher level of
participation in a cluster are more likely to grow, establish partnerships, carry out innovation, and increase
productivity.
Keywords: sustainability practices; level of participation in a cluster; absorptive capacity; structural
equation modeling; multi-group analysis.
JEL Code: Q56, L14, D80, 030.
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