Green innovation and firm’s internationalisation

Purpose: Green innovation and internationalization have gained the attention of scholars and practitioners around the world.However, research on the relationship between green innovation and internationalization are still fragmented and scant.Therefore, this study aims to explore the relationship between green innovation and internationalization. Design/methodology/approach: This is a quantitative study that uses survey data from large and innovative firms in Poland.It uses the cross-tabulation analysis and Kruskal-Wallis test to verify if there are differences in green innovation between domestic, international and global firms. Findings:The study confirm the mutual interdependence of internationalization and green innovation showing that there are differences between firms with different scope of geographical operations.Our study shows that global companies focus more on green innovation than domestic ones.Unfortunately, the differences between domestic and multinational companies as well as multinational and global companies are not found.Research limitations/implications: Findings from this study extend knowledge both in the field of international business and innovation showing the positive relationship between green innovation and internationalization of firms, but not in case of all companies.Our study has limitation as it focuses only on large and innovative companies in Poland, and it uses the simple scale of internationalization. Practical implications: Our study shows that green innovation in not only a necessity for firms around the world, but it might positively impact the internationalization of firms.Simultaneously, internationalization can enhance green innovation as international companies have more opportunities to create collaborating network and source knowledge.Originality/value: This study builds and extends previous research on the breadth of internationalization and green innovation.It confirms the positive relationship between green innovation and international scope of operation of a firm, but it shows that these differences are only between domestic and global firms.