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Eco-Efficiency Actions and Firm Growth in European SMEs

  • Datos identificativos

    Identificador: imarina:5131893
    Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina5131893
  • Autores:

    Jové-Llopis, Elisenda
    Segarra-Blasco, Agustí
  • Otros:

    Autor según el artículo: Jové-Llopis, Elisenda; Segarra-Blasco, Agustí
    Departamento: Economia
    Autor/es de la URV: Segarra Blasco, Agustí
    Palabras clave: Sme Firm growth Europe Eco-strategy
    Resumen: This study investigates the effects of eco-efficiency actions on firm performance in terms of sales growth in an extensive sample of 11,336 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) located in 28 European countries. Our empirical results suggest that not all eco-strategies are positively related to better performance, at least not in the short term. We found that European companies using renewable energies, and recycling or designing products that are easier to maintain, repair, or reuse, perform better. Those that aim to reduce water or energy pollution, however, seemed to show a negative correlation to firm growth. Our results also indicate that high investment in eco-strategies improves firm growth, particularly in new members that joined the EU from 2004 onwards. Finally, we observed a U-shaped relationship between eco-strategies and firm growth, which indicates that a greater breadth of eco-strategies is associated with better firm performance. However, few European SMEs are able to either invest heavily or undertake multiple eco-strategies, thus leaving room for policy interventions.
    Áreas temáticas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment Medicina i Management, monitoring, policy and law Interdisciplinar Historia Hardware and architecture Green & sustainable science & technology Geography, planning and development Geografía Geociências Environmental studies Environmental sciences Environmental science (miscellaneous) Ensino Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Energy engineering and power technology Education Computer science (miscellaneous) Computer networks and communications Ciências agrárias i Building and construction Biotecnología Biodiversidade Arquitetura, urbanismo e design Arquitetura e urbanismo
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 19370709
    Direcció de correo del autor: agusti.segarra@urv.cat agusti.segarra@urv.cat
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0001-6316-3171 0000-0001-6316-3171
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-07-31
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/1/281
    URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Sustainability. 10 (1):
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Jové-Llopis, Elisenda; Segarra-Blasco, Agustí (2018). Eco-Efficiency Actions and Firm Growth in European SMEs. Sustainability, 10(1), -. DOI: 10.3390/su10010281
    DOI del artículo: 10.3390/su10010281
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2018
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
  • Palabras clave:

    Computer Networks and Communications,Education,Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Environmental Science (Miscellaneous),Environmental Sciences,Environmental Studies,Geography, Planning and Development,Green & Sustainable Science & Technology,Hardware and Architecture,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Renewable Energy, Sustainabil
    Sme
    Firm growth
    Europe
    Eco-strategy
    Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros
    Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment
    Medicina i
    Management, monitoring, policy and law
    Interdisciplinar
    Historia
    Hardware and architecture
    Green & sustainable science & technology
    Geography, planning and development
    Geografía
    Geociências
    Environmental studies
    Environmental sciences
    Environmental science (miscellaneous)
    Ensino
    Engenharias iii
    Engenharias ii
    Engenharias i
    Enfermagem
    Energy engineering and power technology
    Education
    Computer science (miscellaneous)
    Computer networks and communications
    Ciências agrárias i
    Building and construction
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Arquitetura, urbanismo e design
    Arquitetura e urbanismo
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