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Company Location, Business Environment and Digital Maturity as Drivers of Environmental Innovation in Business

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental protection has emerged as a global priority in the contemporary context. As pivotal actors in the transition towards sustainable development, companies play a crucial role through the adoption of environmental innovations. This study investigates how organisational characteristics—specifically geographical location, business ...
Carlos de las Heras‐Rosas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises

2018
Sustainable Development Goal 8 declares that sustained and inclusive economic growth is necessary for achieving sustainable development. Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in developing countries. They typically account for more than 90% of all firms outside the agricultural sector, constitute a major source of employment and ...
Paul Phillips, Simon Raby
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Work, Employment & Society, 1996
Though both of the above texts have as their primary focus the organisation of production in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in terms of intellectual style, the mode and level of analysis and the public policy prescriptions and ambitions of their authors, they contrast sharply. Nevertheless, the texts com plement each other.
R. Watson
openaire   +2 more sources

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

2010
This chapter outlines the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The first focus is on the nature and importance of SMEs in Europe. The categorization of SMEs in the 1990s as well as today’s classification will be explained. This is followed by a detailed table of the new thresholds determined for SMEs within the European Union (EU).
Silvio Wilde
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IT readiness in small and medium‐sized enterprises

Industrial Management & Data Systems, 2011
PurposeSeveral studies have documented that information technology (IT) projects often do not successfully meet defined objectives regarding time, budget, and functionality. There can be multiple causes for this, and an important factor in this context is the extent to which a company is ready for an IT project.
Anders Haug   +2 more
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Environmental Innovations in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 2002
Supporting and accelerating the adoption and diffusion of environmental innovations amongst small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) is a major challenge to environmental policy makers. Research suggests that whilst SMEs possess high flexibility, their innovative capacity may be limited to incremental changes within their existing technology system ...
Hansen, Ole Erik   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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