Risk, innovation, and culture effects on industrial symbiosis: An ecological perspective analysis

One of the significant concerns of government institutions in Europe and America is implementing policies to reduce industrial waste. Examples of these actions are carried out by organizations such as the European Economic Community and the Washington State Department of Commerce, which have supported several initiatives related to industrial symbiosis. These described conditions make the development of studies necessary to allow knowledge of factors that affect the implementation of actions related to industrial symbiosis and the characteristics of the contexts in which it develops. Thus, this research aims to identify factors such as overall risk, innovation orientation, and green culture and their role in implementing industrial symbiosis processes. A hierarchical logistic regression model is made to accomplish this purpose. This technique allows for analyzing the importance of innovation orientation and green cultures, such as their moderate roles in overall risk and industrial symbiosis. The results show that the success of implementing industrial symbiosis significantly influences both innovation orientation and green culture.