Commitment to Sustainability in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Influence of Strategic Orientations and Management Values

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 69-83

  Jansson, Johan ^a   Nilsson, Jonas ^b   Modig, Frida ^a   Hed Vall, Gabriella ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

commitment to sustainability; entrepreneurial orientation; environmental issues; market orientation; small and medium sized enterprises; strategic orientation

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84939825278     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1901     Document Type: Article

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