مجلة النمو الاقتصادي والمقاولاتية
Volume 7, Numéro 1, Pages 48-56
2024-02-27

Small And Medium-sized Enterprises Sustainability: A Multidimensional Overview Of Approaches

Authors : Dahmane Nesrine . Belaidi Abdelaziz .

Abstract

SMEs are seen as the engine of today's economy and have an undeniable role to play in economic development and in reducing unemployment, which explains the strong interest of governments in promoting entrepreneurship. However, the creation of new enterprises is only socially and economically beneficial if it leads to performance and profitability. The survival and sustainability of SMEs depend on long-term organizational success. From a multidimensional perspective, this paper aims to discuss the different perceptions of firm sustainability, and the many approaches that have been studied explained, and analyzed : (the traditional classical approach to the firm, modern neo-institutional theory, and the life-cycle theory of the firm), sustainability indicators (qualitative and quantitative) and its typology (power and project sustainability). The entrepreneurship literature has often been a contentious area that divides more than it unites researchers...

Keywords

Small and medium enterprise ; Firm sustainability ; Sustainability approaches ; Entrepreneurship ; Firm survival