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Abstract With the emergence of environmental sustainability
and green business management, increasing demands
have been made on businesses in the areas of environmental
corporate social responsibility (ECSR). Furthermore, the
influence of ECSR on green capital investment, environmental
performance, and business competitiveness has also
been the subject of attention from enterprises. However, in
previous studies, the mediating role of green information
technology (IT) capital in the relationship between ECSR,
environmental performance, and business competitiveness,
has not been investigated by researchers. In order to bridge
this gap in the ECSR literature, this study aims to examine
the influence of ECSR on green IT capital, and the consequent
effect of green IT capital on environmental performance
and business competitiveness. Data were collected
from 358 companies from the top 1000 manufacturers in
Taiwan. The results confirmed that ECSR has significant
positive effects on green IT human capital, green IT structural
capital, and green IT relational capital. Green IT
structural capital and green IT relational capital have positive
effects on environmental performance and business
competitiveness, and environmental performance has a
positive effect on business competitiveness. In addition,
green IT structural capital and green IT relational capital
have partial mediating effects on ECSR, environmental
performance, and business competitiveness. The implications
and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Keywords Business competitiveness  Environmental
corporate social responsibility (ECSR)  Environmental
performance  Green IT capital  Green IT human capital 
Green IT structural capital  Green IT relational capital