Environmental protection through small businesses: an analysis of the role of stakeholders in green operations
In this paper we investigate key causal linkages in proactive environmental practices based on an empirical study of 232 Malaysian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). We propose a conceptual framework and test this framework using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The key focus of this study is...
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Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
2012
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.356-360.2555 http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.356-360.2555 http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4110/1/raja_zuraidah_rasi.pdf |
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| Summary: | In this paper we investigate key causal linkages in proactive environmental practices based on an
empirical study of 232 Malaysian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). We propose a
conceptual framework and test this framework using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The
key focus of this study is to explore SMEs' environmental initiatives and the impact of
stakeholders' involvement in determining SMEs' environmental strategies. The study examines the
relationship between stakeholders' involvement (customers, suppliers, government, top managers
and employees) and proactive environmental practices (internal management systems, process based
changes, product-based changes). The results support the notion that SMEs have moved to
develop an increasingly proactive environmental orientation. Although our survey strongly suggests
that each stakeholder has a different role and impacts differently on SMEs' sustainability practices,
vertical partners play the most critical roles in supporting environmental practices based on product
and process-based changes. |
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