Influence of National Institutions on the Corporate Social Responsibility Practices of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Food-processing Industry: Differences Between France and Morocco

Sustainability and financial performance of small and medium sized enterprises: A bibliometric and systematic literature review

“…Only several articles deliver a comparative analysis between companies operating in different countries. El Baz, Laguir, Marais, and Stagliano (), for example, make a comparison between France and Morocco with the objective to explore the influence of national institutions on CSR practices realized by SMEs in the food‐processing industries. In particular, CSR practices are defined around two main dimensions: a company's performance (defensive/active) and the CSR approach (defensive/active).…”

“…The results also highlight that despite the two vastly different cultural and operational contexts, the importance and the role of CSR were found to follow similar logic in how CSR was understood and implemented with the aim of competitive advantage. As the latter, only a few articles target merely a specific sector or industry (El Baz et al, 2016;Esteban Sanchez & Benito-Hernandez, 2015;Li et al, 2016;Testa, Battaglia, & Bianchi, 2012).…”

Corporate Social Responsibility and Performance in SMEs: Scientific Coverage

“…El Baz et al [226]; Graafland and Smid [227]; Wickert [228]; Casalegno et al [229]; Skýpalová and Kucerová [230]; Knudsen [231]; Gelbmann [232]; Blaauwbroek [233], among others.…”

Evaluation of Sustainability Practices in Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises in Southern Brazil

“…In addition, some suggestions for new research were identified and discussed in the analysis of the results. and preservation of the environment are also valued items by customers and should therefore be considered by companies in their production systems [11].Due to market competition and globalization, companies are crossing a wide range of changes in their business environment, adopting more ethical procedures of corporate social action to achieve long-term goals, rather than focusing on the short-term perspective of profit creation [6,12].According to [6,13], the basic purpose of business is to provide profit and figure out ways to maximize earnings. In addition, the authors report that ventures are required to bear some indirect costs that are not directly related to profitability, and which are pressured to commit to in order to survive in a competitive market, one of which is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).As said by [14], a CSR presents a win-win scenario, allowing companies to simultaneously increase their profitability and produce social benefits [15].…”

“…Due to the small size and the potential of being more flexible and innovative, SMEs can, in fact, bring novelties to good social responsibility opportunities [23,24]. This paper focuses on the sustainability theme as this theme raises different criticisms or points of view [25,26], due to its wide content, and can be interpreted as a new model of development or just a redesign of capitalism [13,24,27,28]. Increasingly, many companies are implementing sustainability-oriented strategies; for example, it was observed that Embraer has integrated the CSR practices with other existing management systems in a harmonious and mature form [9], and in the same way, several researchers [2,13,22,25,29,30] dedicate themselves to studying this theme.However, different opinions and approaches on how to deal with issues related to sustainability are perceived in this process.…”