RT Journal Article
T1 Partner selection strategies of SMEs for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals
A1 Castellani, Paola
A1 Rossato, Chiara
A1 Giaretta, Elena
A1 Vargas Sánchez, Alfonso
AB The paper aims to investigate the characteristics of SMEs' partners that can better contributeto the achievement of the SDGs. Given the explorative nature of this research, a qualitativemethodology is adopted, with a longitudinal case study employed as the researchmethod. The Wråd case study confirmed that SMEs can contribute to the achievement ofthe SDGs by developing partnerships with multiple stakeholders. In addition, this researchrevealed that the characteristics of the SMEs' partners can be referred to the four followingdimensions: economic, environmental, social and purpose. Furthermore, it proposed thatquality utility value, technique level, profitability are the subdimensions of the economicdimension and that resource consumption efficiency, pollution production, energy efficiency,environment management system and environment equipment and facilities are thesubdimensions of the environmental dimension. This research expressed also that publichealth, employee engagement, brand reputation and local communities’ influence are thesubdimensions of the social dimension. Finally, it underlined that sustainability-orientedawareness development, sustainable orientation, sustainable collective culture, proactivemanagerial skills, organisational learning and proactive and innovative leadership are thesubdimensions of the purpose dimension. In line with previous studies underlining theimportance of increasing the TBL dimensions, this study suggests a further extension ofthis theory with the "purpose" dimension. This study highlights the importance of developinga vision supported by a social awareness of the problems that need to be addressed andthat transcend the fashion sector. Further researches could explore a larger sample of SMEsoperating in different businesses and the point of view of the SME's partners.
PB Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
SN 1863-6683
SN 1863-6691 (electrónico)
YR 2023
FD 2023-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22410
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22410
LA eng
NO Castellani, P., Rossato, C., Giaretta, E., & Vargas-Sánchez, A. (2023). Partner selection strategies of SMEs for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals. In Review of Managerial Science. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-023-00656-7
NO Open access funding provided by Università degli Studi di Verona within the CRUI-CARE Agreement.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 2 jun 2026