Becoming Green: Environmentally Sustainable Practices as Drivers of Family SMEs Performance

María J. Martínez-Romero (), MCarmen Martínez-Victoria, Rubén Martínez-Alonso and Sandra Peña-Rodríguez
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María J. Martínez-Romero: University of Almería
MCarmen Martínez-Victoria: University of Almería
Rubén Martínez-Alonso: University of Almería
Sandra Peña-Rodríguez: University of Almería

A chapter in Efficiency and Optimization in Business Practice, 2025, pp 135-151 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In today’s business context, environmentally sustainable practices are becoming increasingly more important as concerns about pollution, climate change and global warming grow. Despite the current relevance of sustainability issues, there is a research lacuna concerning the adoption of environmentally friendly strategies for the case of small and medium-sized family enterprises (SMEs). In light of this, the aim of this chapter is to analyse whether the implementation of environmentally sustainable practices in family SMEs has a positive impact on their economic performance. By combining surveys and secondary data, and applying regression analyses to a sample of 183 family SMEs, our findings reveal that adopting environmentally sustainable practices positively affects firm performance. Our study contributes to the growing body of research on family SMEs sustainability, with a special focus on family firm heterogeneity.

Keywords: Environmentally sustainable practices; Economic performance; Family firms; SMEs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-97641-4_8

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