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An analysis of environmental sustainability in small & medium‐sized enterprises: Patterns and trends
Author(s) -
Bakos Joseph,
Siu Michele,
Orengo Adalberto,
Kasiri Narges
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
business strategy and the environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.123
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1099-0836
pISSN - 0964-4733
DOI - 10.1002/bse.2433
Subject(s) - sustainability , business , order (exchange) , sustainable development , distribution (mathematics) , environmental resource management , environmental economics , environmental planning , marketing , economics , geography , political science , ecology , biology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , finance , law
One of the greatest challenges facing the world today is climate change. The need to consistently advance with environmentally sustainable practices in today's businesses is crucial, and businesses are demanded to be more environmentally sustainable every day. This study conducts an analysis of the literature on small and medium‐sized enterprises' (SMEs) environmental sustainability by carefully examining 122 studies from 58 journals published from 2013 to 2019. We investigate the trends in drivers and barriers of sustainability adoption to inform both SMEs managers and policymakers. Our results also classify the reviewed studies on the basis of their methodologies and show the distribution of studies across industry sectors and locations in order to set directions for future research on sustainability practices of SMEs.