经济与管理研究2025，Vol.46Issue(11)：110-126,17.DOI:10.13502/j.cnki.issn1000-7636.2025.11.007
组织忘记、节俭式创新与企业绩效
Organizational Unlearning,Frugal Innovation,and Enterprise Performance
摘要
Abstract
From a practical perspective,the pressing challenges of climate change,tightening environmental regulations,and increasing consumer awareness have imposed new constraints on the sustained development of enterprises,particularly for high-energy-consuming industries.Driven by the dual carbon goals,it has become critical for enterprises to reconstruct cognitive frameworks,break away from path dependence,and leverage organizational unlearning to boost low-carbon innovation and enhance performance.From a theoretical standpoint,existing studies have emphasized the role of organizational unlearning in overcoming inertia,promoting innovation,and improving enterprise performance.However,how organizational unlearning facilitates frugal innovation under the strategic orientation of green development and how it differentially enhances the economic,social,and environmental performance of enterprises still remains to be further explored. Drawing on organizational learning theory and the resource-based view,this paper empirically investigates the mechanism through which organizational unlearning influences frugal innovation and enterprise performance,using data collected from 213 manufacturing firms across six provincial-level regions in China.It further examines how frugal innovation mediates the relationship between organizational unlearning and economic,social,and environmental performance.The findings reveal that organizational unlearning promotes frugal innovation by discarding non-eco-friendly routines and implementing green practices.Frugal innovation,in turn,acts as a key driver in achieving a"low-cost-high-quality-low-environmental-footprint"model,thereby enhancing enterprise performance across multiple dimensions.Additionally,organizational unlearning enables enterprises to optimize decision-making systems for green innovation,deepen their understanding of sustained innovation models,and ultimately improve overall performance. This paper contributes to the literature in three ways.First,it uncovers how different dimensions of organizational unlearning influence social,environmental,and economic performance,providing theoretical support for formulating science-based green transformation strategies.Second,it integrates organizational learning theory and the resource-based view to systematically explain how organizational unlearning enhances enterprise performance through frugal innovation,thus enriching the micro-level understanding of green innovation mechanisms.Third,from a strategic perspective of green development,it reveals the specific pathways through which organizational unlearning drives frugal innovation,offering both theoretical insights and practical guidance for enterprises to break free from traditional development paths,unlock internal innovation potential,and advance green products and services.关键词
组织忘记/节俭式创新/企业绩效/组织学习/绿色发展Key words
organizational unlearning/frugal innovation/enterprise performance/organizational learning/green development分类
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陶克涛,任静,蒋畅畅..组织忘记、节俭式创新与企业绩效[J].经济与管理研究,2025,46(11):110-126,17.基金项目
内蒙古财经大学自治区"五大任务"研究专项重点项目"三北生态工程政策演进逻辑、效果评估与实践进路"(NCXWD2402) （NCXWD2402）
