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Sustainability in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

An Empirical Investigation of Drivers on Individual, Organizational, and Network Level
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Series:
Nachhaltige Entwicklung, Volume 8
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 2018

Summary

SMEs have a substantial potential to improve the sustainability of the modern economy. This book presents three studies on drivers of business sustainability in SMEs. On an individual level, a qualitative study shows how owner-managers incorporate their own sustainability-related identities into their businesses and how they handle any resulting conflicts. On an organisational level, another qualitative study pursues the question of whether and how social capital drives SMEs’ attempts to achieve sustainability. On a network level, a mixed methods study assesses potential success factors for interorganisational sustainability networks with regard to their importance for network success. The book concludes with a cross-level comparison of findings which provides both researchers and practitioners with a comprehensive overview of theories that can be applied in this respect, their main results and potential approaches to future research.

Bibliographic data

Copyright year
2018
ISBN-Print
978-3-8487-4740-5
ISBN-Online
978-3-8452-9006-5
Publisher
Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series
Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Volume
8
Language
English
Pages
202
Product type
Book Titles

Table of contents

ChapterPages
  1. Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access 1 - 23
  2. 1 Introduction No access 24 - 26
    1. 2.1 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Management Research No access
    2. 2.2 Characteristics of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises No access
    3. 2.3 Sustainability in the Business Context No access
    4. 2.4 Challenges of Sustainability in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises No access
    1. 3.1 Need for Research at Multiple Levels No access
    2. 3.2 Research Approach of this Dissertation No access
    3. 3.3 National Settings of the Studies Included in this Dissertation No access
      1. 4.1.1 Research Questions No access
      2. 4.1.2 Identity Theory No access
      3. 4.1.3 The Role of Identities in Organizational Institutionalism No access
      4. 4.1.4 Owner-Managers’ Identities in the Sustainability Context No access
      1. 4.2.1 Sampling No access
      2. 4.2.2 Interview Setting and Questions No access
      3. 4.2.3 Qualitative Data Analysis No access
      1. 4.3.1 Sustainability-Related Identities in the Institutional System No access
      2. 4.3.2 Development of Sustainability-Related Identities in the Institutional System. No access
      3. 4.3.3 Additional Personal Value Spheres: Philanthropy and Nature No access
    4. 4.4 Results: Impact of Internal Conflicts on Identities No access
      1. 4.5.1 Identities Involved and Interaction with Institutional Environment No access
      2. 4.5.2 Circulatory Evolvement of Individual Identities through Conflict No access
    6. 4.6 Contribution No access
    7. 4.7 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research No access
      1. 5.1.1 Research Questions No access
      2. 5.1.2 Social Capital Theory No access
      3. 5.1.3 Dimensions of Social Capital in Organizational Research No access
      4. 5.1.4 The Role of Social Capital for Sustainability Engagement of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises No access
      1. 5.2.1 Challenges and Requirements of Measuring Sustainability in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises No access
      2. 5.2.2 Sampling and Interview Setting No access
      3. 5.2.3 Development of the Interview Guide No access
      4. 5.2.4 Documentation and Code Structure No access
      1. 5.3.1 Level of Sustainability Activities No access
      2. 5.3.2 Owner-Manager’s Level of Sustainability Orientation No access
      1. 5.4.1 Sustainability-Relation of Social Capital No access
      2. 5.4.2 Owner-Manager’s Sustainability Orientation No access
      3. 5.4.3 Model of Social Capital and Sustainability in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Related Propositions No access
      1. 5.5.1 The Different Effects as Reflected in the Interviews No access
      2. 5.5.2 Observed Patterns for the Effect of the Social Capital Dimensions No access
    6. 5.6 Contribution No access
    7. 5.7 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research No access
      1. 6.1.1 Research Questions and Research Approach No access
      2. 6.1.2 Interorganizational Network Theory No access
      1. 6.2.1 Search String and Databases No access
      2. 6.2.2 Results: Definition and Assessment of Network Success No access
      3. 6.2.3 Results: Potential Success Factors of Interorganizational Networks No access
      1. 6.3.1 Sampling and Data Collection No access
      2. 6.3.2 Q Methodology as Assessment Technique No access
      3. 6.3.3 Data Analysis No access
      1. 6.4.1 Descriptive Analysis of the Factor Ratings No access
      2. 6.4.2 Focus Topics and Success Factor Adaptations No access
      1. 6.5.1 Network Characteristics No access
      2. 6.5.2 Propositions Related to Network Focus No access
      3. 6.5.3 Propositions Related to Network Function No access
      4. 6.5.4 Patterns Related to the Network’s Policy Orientation No access
    6. 6.6 Contribution No access
    7. 6.7 Limitations No access
  8. 7 Cross-Study Integration of Findings No access 163 - 166
  9. 8 Conclusion No access 167 - 168
  10. Appendices No access 169 - 178
  11. References No access 179 - 202

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