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Effects of Entrepreneurial and Environmental Sustainability Orientations on Firm Performance: A Study of Small Businesses in the Philippines

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posted on 2022-10-09, 07:42 authored by B Roxas, Nicholas AshillNicholas Ashill, D Chadee
Why do small businesses in developing countries embrace sustainable business practices and what are the effects on their performance? We address these questions by drawing on the natural-resource based view of the firm to argue that the environmental sustainability orientation of small businesses can be explained by their entrepreneurial orientation. Our study of 197 small businesses in the Philippines shows that an entrepreneurial strategic orientation enables them to develop a more proactive stance toward environmental sustainability practices which lead to superior firm performance. The implications of the findings for future research and for public policy for small businesses are also discussed.

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Roxas, B., Ashill, N. & Chadee, D. (2017). Effects of Entrepreneurial and Environmental Sustainability Orientations on Firm Performance: A Study of Small Businesses in the Philippines. Journal of Small Business Management, 55(S1), 163-178. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12259

Journal title

Journal of Small Business Management

Volume

55

Issue

S1

Publication date

2017-12-01

Pagination

163-178

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Publication status

Published

Online publication date

2016-09-13

ISSN

0047-2778

eISSN

1540-627X

Language

en