Weak Sustainable Development Trajectories and Evolving Organisational Physiologies: Empirical Evidence from Greece

Dimos Chatzinikolaou () and Charis Vlados ()
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Dimos Chatzinikolaou: Democritus University of Thrace
Charis Vlados: Democritus University of Thrace

Chapter 10 in Business for Sustainability, Volume I, 2023, pp 201-226 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter investigates the physiological transformation of small firms in a less developed regional business ecosystem facing multiple development problems, barriers, and inadequacies. We present four field surveys we recently conducted in the peripheral Greek region of Eastern Macedonia–Thrace, on a sample of 230 small entrepreneurs, exploring their perception of the following conceptual triangles: (a) Crisis–Innovation–Change Management, (b) Strategy–Technology–Management, and (c) Human Resource Management–Education and Training–Innovation. We conclude that the sample firms exhibit symptoms of monad-centric business structuring and perceptual-functional weaknesses, which are due to their “traditional” physiology. These comparative weaknesses seem structurally and bi-directionally linked to the low competitiveness of this regional socioeconomic system.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-37361-9_10

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