Prasanta Kumar Dey|Nikolaos E. Petridis|Konstantinos Petridis|Chrisovalantis Malesios|J.D. Nixon|Sadhan Kumar Ghosh
Environmental management and corporate social responsibility practices of small and medium-sized enterprises
Aston University|Aston University|University of Macedonia|Democritus University of Thrace|Coventry University|Jadavpur University
main aim paper facilitate small medium sized enterprises smes adopt environmental management em corporate social responsibility csr practices study reveals smes motivation pressure targets methods em csr practices additionally paper investigates variables relate employee number turnover geographical locations outcomes research add value smes decisionmaking processes strategic policy levels eg supplier selection policymakers initiatives make smes environment socially friendly although studies em csr practices smes mainly focus impact em csr practices business performance smes motivation adopting em csr practices specific country studies reveal smes motivation pressure targets methods em csr practices relationship characteristics eg size turn geographical location scant research bridges gap data originates 223 carefully selected representative smes west midlands uk 105 kolkata india 118 covering manufacturing process industries relevant data collected using questionnaires analysed using analysis variance anova multivariate analysis variance manova methods results reveal perceptions smes motivation pressure targets methods em csr practices vary considerably respect size turn geographical location findings significant policymakers client organizations individual sme improving em csr practices