Small- and medium-sized enterprises and sustainable development: In the shadows of large lead firms in global value chains

Sinkovics, Noemi; Sinkovics, Rudolf R.; Archie-Acheampong, Jason

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“…Taking multiple-stakeholders processes into account: Other papers explore the roles of a broad set of stakeholder engagements in adding value to society. Sinkovics et al (2021) conclude that ''tight governance without dialogue and the room for local adaptation can have detrimental unintended consequences in terms of sustainable development outcomes''. 4.…”

Section: Special Issue On Sdgs and Mnes: Messages And Contributionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Comparable advice on methodological approaches can be drawn from papers that focus on more general SDG analyses. Among others, they introduce an SDG gap analysis (Liou and Rao-Nicholson, 2021;Stephenson et al, 2021), SDG alignment analysis (Lewis et al 2021), and an approach towards SME governance of SDGs in general (Sinkovics et al, 2021) and in specific value chains (Van Holt et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, MNEs organize increasingly diffuse and decreasingly hierarchical networks. This means that (a) a core firm increasingly has to convince rather than cajole SDG uptake in its networks; and (b) innovations in how to internalize/operationalize SDGs may come from other network players, including linked SMEs (Sinkovics et al, 2021) and hostcountry subsidiaries (Liou & Rao-Nicholson, 2021).…”

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“…A major potential consequence of these endeavors will be more transparency on corporate efforts in creating sustainable supply chains. A number of contributions in this Special Issue provide insights on corporate interventions along value chains: for instance, on required changes in power relations upstream towards traders (Van Holt et al, 2021), a different 'take' on standard taking and adopting practices with SMEs (Sinkovics et al, 2021), and how to entice the participation of local stakeholders (Ramirez, 2021). This is also an area vital to progress identified by Sachs and Sachs (2021).…”

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“…• In the context of SDG 5 (gender equality) Eden and Wagstaff (2021) show that blending insights from 'wicked problems' and 'evidence-based policies' can create a framework and provide metrics for case studies of MNEs interaction with other SDGs; • Van Holt et al 2021propose 'return on sustainable investment' (ROSI) models to measure and monetize relationships in value chain strategies. • Sinkovics et al (2021) examine SMEs as examples of underutilized sources of knowledge for designing more effective SDG strategies.…”

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The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: Can multinational enterprises lead the Decade of Action?

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015 by all UN member states and have been embraced by many multinational enterprises (MNEs) and international NGOs. They created a 'hybrid governance' platform in which companies, governments, NGOs, and knowledge institutes can work on achieving common goals through targeted action and serve as the leading global sustainable development framework until 2030. By the year 2020, however, progress towards the goals proved slow, prompting the UN to announce a 'Decade of Action'. The slow or limited adoption and implementation of the SDG Agenda by MNEs-in close interaction with government policies-is one of the root causes for delayed progress. The question is no longer 'why' MNEs should develop sustainability strategies, but rather 'how'. A number of related questions arise. What have been the roles of MNEs in progress towards the SDGs, what is needed from them in the future, and what can be the role of international business (IB) scholarship in shaping discussion and action? This Special Issue tackles these questions from four angles: (1) identifying and helping to fill theoretical gaps in IB research on the SDGs; (2) asking which SDGs and targets provide promising venues for societally relevant IB research topics; (3) assessing and helping to fill empirical gaps by using, complementing, and upgrading relevant SDG indicators; and (4) showing how IB research and policy practice can become better aligned.

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Section: Special Issue On Sdgs and Mnes: Messages And Contributionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Special Issue On Sdgs and Mnes: Messages And Contributionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Relevance Of This Special Issue: 'A Decade Of Action' -Wmentioning

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Digital data‐driven technologies and the environmental sustainability of micro, small, and medium enterprises: Does size matter?

Hernández,

Revilla,

Rodríguez

2024

Bus Strat Env

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Despite the increasing interest in understanding the relations between firms' digitalization and their environmental sustainability, they are still poorly understood as research on this hot topic is nascent and empirical evidence is sparse and fragmented. In this study, we delve into the relations between different digital data‐driven technologies (DTs) used for gathering and storing (smart devices and cloud computing), analyzing (Big Data and Artificial Intelligence), and sharing data (Blockchain) and environmental sustainability in micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). These firms, despite their relevance in the business landscape and their heterogeneity, are understudied in this area. Thus, we also examine the moderating role of firm size to understand the inherent diversity of MSMEs in the use of DTs and the development of the sustainability oriented practices. Empirical results from a large‐scale representative sample of European enterprises show that the adoption of DTs for data gathering and analysis is positively associated with sustainability‐oriented actions in MSMEs. The findings also reveal the positive moderating role of size: relations between data analysis and sharing technologies and sustainability are stronger for larger MSMEs, with the latter being significant only for medium‐sized enterprises.

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The Value Chain Configuration in the Digital Entrepreneurship Age: The Paradoxical Role of Digital Technologies

Fernández

Rodríguez

2022

FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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This chapter analyzes the configuration of global value chains in the digital entrepreneurship age by clarifying past contributions, examining work resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, and outlining suggestions for future research. First, we provide a conceptual framework to understand how digitalization has driven its transformation. Specifically, we discuss the main changes in the slicing of value chain activities, the control and location decisions of these activities, and the paradoxical role played by digital technologies in shaping the way entrepreneurs organize them. In doing this, we highlight the location paradox, which rests on the idea that digital technologies help firms expand their geographical scope and reduce co-ordination costs in large and dispersed networks (which favors offshoring), while reducing the importance of the location of activities and shortening supply chains (which favors reshoring). Second, we critically review the research on value chain configurations that has appeared because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Lastly, we discuss some promising areas of research that could yield insights that will advance our understanding of value chain configurations in the digital entrepreneurship age.

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Small- and medium-sized enterprises and sustainable development: In the shadows of large lead firms in global value chains

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Cited by 44 publications

References 60 publications

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: Can multinational enterprises lead the Decade of Action?

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: Can multinational enterprises lead the Decade of Action?

Digital data‐driven technologies and the environmental sustainability of micro, small, and medium enterprises: Does size matter?

The Value Chain Configuration in the Digital Entrepreneurship Age: The Paradoxical Role of Digital Technologies

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