KOBİ’LERDE ÇEVRESEL VE SOSYAL SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİRLİK: AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ ÜLKELERİ VE TÜRKİYE KARŞILAŞTIRMASI
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN SMEs: A COMPARISON OF EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES AND TURKEY
Author(s): Hatice Çoban Kumbali, Mustafa İncekara, Mehtap SarikayaSubject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Environmental and Energy policy, Accounting - Business Administration
Published by: Kafkas Üniversitesi Sağlık, Kültür ve Spor Daire Başkanlığı Dijital Baskı Merkezi
Keywords: Environmental sustainability; social sustainability; sustainability practices; sustainability barriers; SMEs;
Summary/Abstract: This study contributes to the literature by analysing the sustainability activities of SMEs and evaluating sustainability with its social dimension, which is often overlooked in previous research. In this paper, data from 28 countries and 11,418 SMEs were analysed. The sustainability practices of Turkey, a candidate country for the European Union, which makes a significant amount of its exports to EU countries, and SMEs operating in 27 European countries have been evaluated comparatively. The most striking result of the research is that Turkey does not lag behind EU countries in terms of environmental and social sustainability, and even comes to the fore in some items. However, SMEs operating in Turkey state that there are more sustainability barriers than SMEs operating in EU countries. The belief that sustainability will not be profitable is found to be the factor that makes the most significant difference with EU countries regarding sustainability barriers.
Journal: Kafkas Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi
- Issue Year: 13/2022
- Issue No: 26
- Page Range: 789-823
- Page Count: 35
- Language: Turkish