TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental innovation and sustainability in small handicraft businesses in Mexico
AU - Sánchez-Medina, Patricia S.
AU - Corbett, Jack
AU - Toledo-López, Arcelia
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In this study, the relationship between environmental innovation and sustainability is analyzed in 168 handicraft businesses in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Puebla, and Tlaxcala. The results show a direct, positive relationship between environmental innovation and sustainability in three dimensions: economic, social, and environmental. In terms of determination, the variables that best explain sustainability are: organization type, product innovation, and process innovation. The age of the handicraft businesses was not a significant factor in explaining sustainability. This study concludes that handicraft businesses make sustainable choices more as a result of a desire for profit maximization than as a result of environmental consciousness, as can be explained by neoclassical view of economics.
AB - In this study, the relationship between environmental innovation and sustainability is analyzed in 168 handicraft businesses in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Puebla, and Tlaxcala. The results show a direct, positive relationship between environmental innovation and sustainability in three dimensions: economic, social, and environmental. In terms of determination, the variables that best explain sustainability are: organization type, product innovation, and process innovation. The age of the handicraft businesses was not a significant factor in explaining sustainability. This study concludes that handicraft businesses make sustainable choices more as a result of a desire for profit maximization than as a result of environmental consciousness, as can be explained by neoclassical view of economics.
KW - Environmental innovation
KW - Handicraft businesses
KW - Sustainability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84867341389&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/su3070984
DO - 10.3390/su3070984
M3 - Artículo
SN - 2071-1050
VL - 3
SP - 984
EP - 1002
JO - Sustainability (Switzerland)
JF - Sustainability (Switzerland)
IS - 7
ER -