Green Capital and Green HRM: Badung Timber MSME Strategy

  • Authors

    • I Made Adi Suwandana Faculty of Economics and Business, Ngurah Rai University, Bali, Indonesia
    • I Made Endra Kartika Yudha Faculty of ‎Economics and Business, Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia
    • Putu Gede Denny Herlambang Faculty of Economics and Business, Ngurah Rai University, Bali, Indonesia
    https://doi.org/10.14419/c9g6sb86

    Received date: June 3, 2025

    Accepted date: July 2, 2025

    Published date: July 11, 2025

  • Green Intellectual; ‎Keunggulan; Green ‎HRM

  • Abstract

    Through the lens of green structural capital, green relational ‎capital, and green human capital, this study examines the ‎relationship between green HRM and competitive advantage ‎among SMEs in the wood industry of Badung Regency. An analytical approach employed in this quantitative analysis is structural equation modeling (SEM). In total, 267 wood SMEs ‎participated in the research, with 251 classified as "small players" ‎and 16 as "medium companies". The study found that green ‎human, structural, and relational capital can help a company gain ‎a competitive advantage. There are several advantages to green ‎HRM, including structural, relational, human, and competitive ‎benefits. Competitive advantage mediates the interaction ‎between green HRM and green relational, structural, and human ‎capital factors.

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    Suwandana, I. M. A. ., Yudha, I. M. E. K. ., & Herlambang, P. G. D. . (2025). Green Capital and Green HRM: Badung Timber MSME Strategy. International Journal of Accounting and Economics Studies, 12(2), 464-472. https://doi.org/10.14419/c9g6sb86