Entrepreneurial leadership and green product development for grand challenges: the roles of strategic sensitivity, collaborative innovation capability and political skill

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dc.contributor.authorZahoor, Nadia
dc.contributor.authorKhalid, Adeel
dc.contributor.authorUsman, Muhammad
dc.contributor.authorYasin, Naveed
dc.contributor.departmentfi=InnoLab|en=InnoLab|
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-22T11:51:00Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractGreen product development provides firms with a pathway to address grand challenges, including climate change, which threaten ecological balance, economic stability, and social well-being. Drawing on the dynamic capability view, this study examines how entrepreneurial leadership enables green product development in resource-constrained economies. We propose that strategic sensitivity and collaborative innovation capability mediate this relationship, while leaders’ political skill moderates the effect of entrepreneurial leadership on strategic sensitivity. Using survey data from 252 SME leaders in Pakistan and analysing the model using structural equation modelling, the findings support the proposed hypotheses. Specifically, entrepreneurial leadership positively contributes to green product development. Also, strategic sensitivity and collaborative innovation capability significantly mediate the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and green product development, while political skill strengthens the positive effect of entrepreneurial leadership on strategic sensitivity. This study contributes to the literature on entrepreneurial leadership, dynamic capabilities, and green product development, offering insights into how firms in resource-constrained settings can leverage leadership capabilities to create sustainable solutions and address grand societal challenges.en
dc.description.notification© 2026 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
dc.description.reviewstatusfi=vertaisarvioitu|en=peerReviewed|
dc.identifier.urihttps://osuva.uwasa.fi/handle/11111/20163
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi-fe2026042232069
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2026.2660945
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEntrepreneurship and regional development
dc.relation.issn1464-5114
dc.relation.issn0898-5626
dc.relation.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2026.2660945
dc.relation.urlhttps://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2026042232069
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.source.identifier1a31bc62-e3f7-4d6b-9b7f-0032d1e8bf47
dc.source.metadataSoleCRIS
dc.subjectGrand societal challenges
dc.subjectentrepreneurial leadership
dc.subjectgreen product development
dc.subjectstrategic sensitivity
dc.subjectpolitical skills
dc.subjectdynamic capability
dc.subject.disciplinefi=InnoLab|en=InnoLab|
dc.titleEntrepreneurial leadership and green product development for grand challenges: the roles of strategic sensitivity, collaborative innovation capability and political skill
dc.type.okmfi=A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (vertaisarvioitu)|en=A1 Journal article (peer-reviewed)|
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