- Title
- A conceptual framework for assessing sustainable development in regional SMEs
- Creator
- Salimzadeh, Parisa; Courvisanos, Jerry
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/160653
- Identifier
- vital:12237
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1142/S1464333215500398
- Identifier
- ISBN:1464-3332
- Abstract
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are significant regional development agents. Therefore, if SMEs adopt sustainability and regional economic strategies at the same time, it enables local communities to benefit from sustainable development, innovation and economic development in their regions. In the SME literature, there is a lack of appreciation of the sustainability issue and its connection with its local community. Bringing together the relevant literature, this paper develops a sustainability assessment framework for SMEs by providing the internal and external drivers and inhibitors affecting the adoption of social and environmental friendly practices in SMEs within the regional context. This framework can be used as a basis for application in regional development. It will also be a valuable tool for evaluation and monitoring of strategies for sustainability adoption. © 2015 Imperial College Press.
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
- Relation
- Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management Vol. 17, no. 4 (2015), p. 1-17
- Rights
- Copyright © 2015 Imperial College Press.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 0502 Environmental Science and Management; 1205 Urban and Regional Planning; 1605 Policy and Administration; Economic development; Regional development; Small and medium-sized enterprises; Sustainability
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