适应中小企业环境可持续性的障碍:一项定性研究
Nazneen Durrani1, Abdul Raziq2, Tarique Mahmood3,4
1Faculty of Management Science, Sardar Bahadur Khan Womens' University, Quetta, Pakistan.
PloS one
|May 16, 2024
概括
发展中国家的中小企业 (SMEs) 面临环境可持续性的金融和教育障碍. 提高意识,客户需求和支持性的政府政策对于采用可持续实践至关重要.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 企业管理 企业管理
- 发展研究 发展研究 研究
背景情况:
- 环境可持续性是全球企业日益关注的问题.
- 中小企业 (SMEs) 在发展中经济体中发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 了解中小企业在采用可持续实践时面临的具体挑战至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在发展中国家的背景下,研究影响中小企业环境可持续性的因素.
- 确定阻碍中小企业采用环境可持续性的内部和外部障碍.
- 探索业主/经理意识,客户需求和政府政策的作用.
主要方法:
- 定性研究采用深入访谈,与巴鲁吉斯坦,巴基斯坦的30个中小企业.
- 利用方便性和有目的的抽样来进行参与者选择.
- 半结构化问卷指导了面试过程.
主要成果:
- 缺乏资金和教育是认识到和解决环境可持续性的重大障碍.
- 政府有限的支持和不充分的法规导致对可持续性的关注较低.
- 业主/经理的意识,客户需求和政府政策都会对采用积极影响.
结论:
- 解决财务限制和促进利益相关者合作对于促进中小企业可持续性至关重要.
- 需要加强政府支持和明确的法规来推动环境合规.
- 这项研究为克服发展中国家中小企业环境可持续性的障碍提供了关键的见解.
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