TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental Compliance and Economic and Environmental Performance
T2 - Evidence from Handicrafts Small Businesses in Mexico
AU - Sánchez-Medina, Patricia S.
AU - Díaz-Pichardo, René
AU - Bautista-Cruz, Angélica
AU - Toledo-López, Arcelia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - This research aims to fill a major gap in the relevant literature on small businesses in developing countries, specifically concerning the development of models to better explain economic and environmental performance as a result of environmental compliance, thus moving toward an explanation of the sustainable behavior of these businesses. Data from 186 pottery craft businesses located in three Mexican states (Oaxaca, Puebla and Tlaxcala) reveal that environmental compliance significantly influences economic and environmental performance, with the mediating role of environmental innovation, confirming the Porter hypothesis in the context of small businesses in an emerging economy. Environmental compliance is an important factor in improving the economic and environmental performance of small businesses in emerging economies.
AB - This research aims to fill a major gap in the relevant literature on small businesses in developing countries, specifically concerning the development of models to better explain economic and environmental performance as a result of environmental compliance, thus moving toward an explanation of the sustainable behavior of these businesses. Data from 186 pottery craft businesses located in three Mexican states (Oaxaca, Puebla and Tlaxcala) reveal that environmental compliance significantly influences economic and environmental performance, with the mediating role of environmental innovation, confirming the Porter hypothesis in the context of small businesses in an emerging economy. Environmental compliance is an important factor in improving the economic and environmental performance of small businesses in emerging economies.
KW - Economic performance
KW - Emerging economy
KW - Environmental compliance
KW - Environmental innovation
KW - Environmental performance
KW - Porter hypothesis
KW - Small businesses
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84887097685&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10551-013-1945-2
DO - 10.1007/s10551-013-1945-2
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0167-4544
VL - 126
SP - 381
EP - 393
JO - Journal of Business Ethics
JF - Journal of Business Ethics
IS - 3
ER -