Management Indicators for the Organisational Sustainability of Associative Productive Ventures

Luis Armando Guananga (), Rocío Poveda-Bautista and Mónica García-Melón
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Luis Armando Guananga: Faculty of Psychological Sciences, Central University of Ecuador, Bolivia s/n, Quito 170521, Ecuador
Rocío Poveda-Bautista: Department of Engineering Projects, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Mónica García-Melón: Department of Engineering Projects, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 23, 1-15

Abstract: Associative enterprises linked to the social economy continue to be an important economic alternative for small producers, generating decent work opportunities for people excluded from the formal labour market and contributing to sustainable development. The social and economic importance of this type of initiative has prompted several scientific publications on its success factors, leaving a gap in its practicality, raising the question: How can success factors of associative productive ventures be integrated into management indicators that promote their organisational sustainability? The aim is to define and prioritise management indicators that promote associative productive ventures through the analysis of key success factors. This study was carried out using a combination of BSC management methodology and AHP multicriteria decision making, based on a bibliographic review of success factors and the criteria of experts including managers of consolidated production associations in Quito-Ecuador. The results show that the indicators of participatory leadership, technical training and labour integration are the most relevant in the consolidation of associative productive ventures, prompting the conclusion that the prioritisation and integration of business and social management indicators would boost the organisational sustainability of associative ventures.

Keywords: associative entrepreneurship; social enterprise; key success factors; balanced scorecard (BSC); analytic hierarchy process (AHP) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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