Environmental Management Contingency Factors in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

• Autor(a) principal: Martins, Paulo Sérgio
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Escrivão Filho, Edmundo, Nagano, Marcelo Seido
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: RAM. Revista de Administração Mackenzie
• Texto Completo: https://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/RAM/article/view/5227
• topic: Environmental management. Small and medium-sized enterprises. Specificities of SMEs. Barriers concerning the adoption of environmental management. Facilitators concerning the adoption of environmental management.; Gestión Ambiental. Pequeñas y medianas empresas. Especificidades de las Pymes. Barreras de creación de la gestión ambiental. Facilitadores de la adopción de la gestión ambiental.; Gestão ambiental. Pequenas e médias empresas. Especificidades das PMEs. Barreiras à adoção da gestão ambiental. Facilitadores da adoção da gestão ambiental.

Purpose: To develop a systematization of the main barriers and facilitators of implementing environmental management in small and medium-sized enterprises found in the literature, so as to associate these factors with the specificities of management of enterprises of this size.Originality/Gap/Relevance/Implications: The article proposes that the factors influencing the adoption of environmental practices should be investigated from the viewpoint of the characteristics that differentiate the smaller enterprises from large organizations.Key methodological aspects:  The method used for this study and reflection was bibliographic research and the article is a theoretical essay on the topic of environmental management in small and medium sized-enterprises.Summary of key results: The results show that, on one hand, most of the specificities of smaller enterprises are related to the drawbacks of environmental management and, on the other hand, that there are few factors which make it easier to develop environmental  practices in these enterprises.Key considerations/conclusions: The results showed the internal factors of SMEs linked to the management, structure, resources, organizational capabilities, among others, as the most critical for the implementation and maintenance of environmental management and, therefore, those who deserve more attention from policy makers and managers of small and medium-sized enterprises. Furthermore, the factors identified as facilitators, although scarce, show that smaller enterprises have specificities that can become potential in the environmental field.