Circular economy and decision models among European SMEs

AM Zamfir, C Mocanu, A Grigorescu - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
While targeting waste reduction and maintaining the value of products and resources in the
system as much as possible, undertaking circular economy practices at the company level is …

Review and proposed eco-process innovation performance framework

S Mat Dahan, SM Yusof - International Journal of Sustainable …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Rapid growth of industrial activities throughout the world has resulted in an ever-worsening
environmental degradation. Manufacturers must be proactive on environmental issues and …

Eco-innovation and business performance in emerging and developed economies

DFL Santos, MDV Rezende, LFC Basso - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
This study initially explored 323 sustainability reports certified by the Global Reporting
Initiative. The aim was to evaluate, at the company level, the structure of eco-innovation of …

Eco-efficiency actions and firm growth in European SMEs

E Jové-Llopis, A Segarra-Blasco - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
This study investigates the effects of eco-efficiency actions on firm performance in terms of
sales growth in an extensive sample of 11,336 small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) …

Environmental innovation in European transition countries

A Biscione, R Caruso, A de Felice - Applied Economics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this paper is to highlight the determinants of environmental innovation of
manufacturing firms in European Transition countries. Following an established literature …

Key drivers and skills needed for innovative companies focused on sustainability

A Grigorescu, MM Maer-Matei, C Mocanu, AM Zamfir - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sustainable innovation at a company level drives economic, environmental and social
improvement at a national level. Recent evidence has shown that businesses have …

Romania's South-Muntenia region, towards sustainable regional development. implications for regional development strategies

AAM Davidescu, SA Apostu, AM Pantilie, BF Amzuica - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Currently, at the end of the programming period 2014–2020 and in the view of the new
programming exercise, 2021–2027, knowing where South-Muntenia is positioned on the …

Emerging trends and drivers for knowledge-intensive economy

A Grigorescu, AM Zamfir, C Mocanu - Management & Marketing …, 2020 - ssoar.info
Innovation and knowledge-intensive economy are considered crucial for addressing
challenges and opportunities currently faced by Europe. The present paper aims to provide …

The Financial Sustainability of Retail Food SMEs Based on Financial Equilibrium and Financial Performance

E Herman, KE Zsido - Mathematics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to investigate the financial sustainability of retail food SMEs for the
2016–2021 period, in Romania, from the perspective of financial equilibrium and …

Proactive environmental strategy development: from laggard to eco-innovative firms

C Garcés-Ayerbe, S Scarpellini, J Valero-Gil… - Journal of …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The environmental management literature has focussed on the analysis of the
variety of strategic options with regards to environment protection, without providing an …