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: Received: 31 October 2018 / Approved: 2 November 2018 / Online: 2 November 2018 (06:53:35 CET)
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Valdez-Juárez, L.E.; Ramos-Escobar, E.A.; Gallardo-Vázquez, D.; Borboa-Álvarez, E.P. ISO 14001 and 26001, Agents of Change in the SMEs. Preprints2018, 2018110028. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201811.0028.v1
Valdez-Juárez, L.E.; Ramos-Escobar, E.A.; Gallardo-Vázquez, D.; Borboa-Álvarez, E.P. ISO 14001 and 26001, Agents of Change in the SMEs. Preprints 2018, 2018110028. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201811.0028.v1
Valdez-Juárez, L.E.; Ramos-Escobar, E.A.; Gallardo-Vázquez, D.; Borboa-Álvarez, E.P. ISO 14001 and 26001, Agents of Change in the SMEs. Preprints2018, 2018110028. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201811.0028.v1
APA Style
Valdez-Juárez, L.E., Ramos-Escobar, E.A., Gallardo-Vázquez, D., & Borboa-Álvarez, E.P. (2018). ISO 14001 and 26001, Agents of Change in the SMEs. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201811.0028.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Valdez-Juárez, L.E., Dolores Gallardo-Vázquez and Edith Patricia Borboa-Álvarez. 2018 "ISO 14001 and 26001, Agents of Change in the SMEs" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201811.0028.v1
Abstract
At present, business strategies in SMEs (Small and medium enterprises) are crucial for consolidation in highly competitive markets, in achieving a better image and in business profitability. One of the strategies that have the most success and business success are sustainable practices and social responsibility such as: ISO 14001 and ISO 26001. The literature related to sustainable business is based mainly on the theory of resources and capabilities, and in theory based on Stakeholders. These currents state that companies should focus on profitable strategies to ensure significant and long-term results, in order to achieve organizational and financial results for stakeholders. In this work, the sample consists of 215 companies from the commerce, services and industry sectors, located in the southern region of the State of Sonora in Mexico. The objective of the work is to analyze the influence of ISO 14001 and 26001 standards on the image and profitability of SMEs. The statistical analysis of the data has been carried out through the linear regression technique by OLS (Ordinary Least Squares). The findings prove that the ISO 14001 standard is the one that most influences the improvement of the business image and the level of profitability of the SME. In addition, we discovered that ISO 26001 has a partial influence on the image and profitability of the SME.
Keywords
ISO; social responsibility; image; profitability; SMEs
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Business and Management
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