Sustainability and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises - Lessons From Mixed Methods Research

List of contents

Part A: Sustainability, SMEs and mixed methods 1: Key roots and approaches to sustainability Aharon Factor, John Parm Ulhøi and Norma Romm 2: Research in small and medium-sized enterprises and sustainability Aharon Factor, John Parm Ulhøi and Norma Romm 3: Mapping the existing methodological SME and sustainability landscape Aharon Factor and John Parm Ulhøi Part B: Mixed methods in sustainability SME research: A global outlook 4: Mixed methods research and environmental management: a reflective perspective of a research group and some lessons from experience José F. Molina-Azorin, Maria D. Lopez-Gamero, Juan Jose Tari, Jorge Pereira-Moliner and Eva M. Pertusa-Ortega 5: Qualitative to quantitative and back: Reflecting on mixed methods approach for examining sustainability and small business Mark Gagnon 6: Mixed-methods: A pragmatic approach to researching SMEs and sustainability Alessandro Bressan 7: Reflecting on the use of mixed methods in the subject of sustainable strategies in manufacturing SMEs Eustathios Sainidis 8: A longitudinal mixed-method study of Australian SME environmental behaviour Aharon Factor 9: Exploring differences in perspectives regarding mixed methods and transdisciplinary research: A dialogue Norma Romm and Ralph Hamann Part C: Added value, challeneges and practical relevance if applying mixed methods in research on sustainability in SME’s 10: Extending the value-added of mixed methods in sustainability research Elizabeth G. Creamer 11: Addressing the challenge of mixed methods integration through joint displays and clear writing Timothy C. Guetterman and Jennifer Moss Breen 12: Applied mixed methods and the added value Steve Harris, Bradley Pettitt, Ruth Hillary, Aharon Factor and John Parm Ulhøi 13: Lessons learned Aharon Factor and John Parm Ulhøi

About the author

Aharon Factor is an MBA specialist educator with Southern Cross University, NSW, Australia, and operates his start-up research and consulting company – Sustainable SME Consulting.
John Parm Ulhøi is Professor of Organization and Management Theory at the School of Business and Social Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

Summary

This book demonstrates how the development of ‘combining’ research methodologies into a mixed approach provides a richer, more diverse and truer understanding of sustainable business and the role of SMEs.

Product details

• Authors: Aharon Ulhi Factor, Aharon Ulhoi Factor
• Assisted by: Aharon Factor (Editor), Factor Aharon (Editor), John Parm Ulhøi (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781138387270
• ISBN: 978-1-138-38727-0
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Business & Economics / General, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, Small businesses & self-employed, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Small Business, The environment, Sales & marketing, Small businesses and self-employment, Business mathematics & systems, Sales and marketing, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Business & the environment, 'Green' approaches to business, Research methods: general, Research methods / methodology