Small businesses and sustainability innovation: Confronting the gap between motivation and capacity

S Burch - 2018 - JSTOR
→ More effective policies to accelerate sustainability transitions in small businesses must be
tailored to the capacity constraints specific to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) …

What drives small and medium enterprises towards sustainability? Role of interactions between pressures, barriers, and benefits

S Cantele, A Zardini - Corporate Social Responsibility and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The literature on the subject of corporate social responsibility and environmental
management in small‐and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) has theorized about the …

Infusing sustainability in small-and medium-sized enterprises

B Bras - Sustainability science and engineering, 2006 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the challenges in infusing green engineering,
environmental management, and sustainability in small-and medium-sized enterprises …

Sustainability in small and medium-sized enterprises: A systematic literature review and future research agenda

A Martins, MC Branco, PN Melo, C Machado - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Main aim: This paper examines the main topics of research in the literature studying the
topic of sustainability in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), and aims at presenting …

Sustainability as a small business competitive strategy

A Nadim, RN Lussier - … of Small Business Strategy (archive only …, 2010 - libjournals.mtsu.edu
In our global village, sustainability has been an important topic for all countries, and small
businesses can create a competitive advantage through developing sustainability strategies …

Untangling the origins of sustainable commitment: New insights on the small vs. large firms' debate

S Cantele, S Vernizzi, B Campedelli - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The sustainable development challenge is increasingly being included in entrepreneurs'
agendas. Firms are considered responsible for social and environmental effects but are also …

Green innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (smes): A qualitative approach

M Rodrigues, M Franco - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the face of drastic global climate change, the transition to a green economy is becoming
increasingly important and it is understood as an opportunity to redesign and redefine …

Conceptualizing businesses as social actors: A framework for understanding sustainability actions in small‐and medium‐sized enterprises

L Westman, C Luederitz, A Kundurpi… - … Strategy and the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Small‐and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) can play a crucial role in advancing
environmental and social well‐being. Yet various—often conflicting—explanations have …

Facilitators of and barriers to sustainable development in small and medium-sized enterprises: A descriptive exploratory study in Romania

C Costache, DD Dumitrascu, I Maniu - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the context of growing concerns regarding the deterioration of the environment and the
increase in social inequalities, the concept of sustainability emerged as a response of …

Sustainability practices and performance in European small-and-medium enterprises: Insights from multiple case studies

A Moursellas, D De, T Wurzer, A Skouloudis… - Circular Economy and …, 2023 - Springer
The advancement of sustainability trajectories is a critical challenge for most of small-and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). SMEs require specific considerations with regard to …