The impact of social embeddedness on SMEs' proactive environmental sustainability: a comparison between Italy and Russia

IF 2.7 4区 管理学 Q2 BUSINESS
Aleksandra Sidorenko, A. Veselova, D. Dikova
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PurposeThe paper analyzes socially embedded antecedents of sustainability and compares the results between two distinct contexts of Russia and Italy. Specifically, the paper identifies which forms of embeddedness (network, family and virtual) are associated with proactive environmental sustainability in SMEs.Design/methodology/approachThe data for the study were gathered from the World Bank Enterprise Survey dataset and include observations of 1,106 Russian SMEs and 663 Italian SMEs. Given the dichotomous nature of the dependent variable “proactive environmental sustainability”, the study utilizes a binary logistic regression and test regression models on the Russian and Italian data.FindingsNetwork embeddedness positively influences proactive environmental sustainability among SMEs in Italy, but not in Russia. Value chain environmental pressure positively impacts proactive environmental sustainability among SMEs in Russia and Italy. Network embeddedness negatively moderates the relationship between value chain environmental pressure and proactive sustainability in Russia, but not in Italy. Virtual embeddedness positively impacts proactive environmental sustainability practices among SMEs in Russia but not in Italy, while family embeddedness positively impacts proactive environmental sustainability practices in Italy, but not in Russia.Originality/valueWe employ social embeddedness theory to determine to what extent certain forms of embeddedness contribute to proactive environmental sustainability among SMEs originating from two very distinct national contexts, a developed economy and a transition (emerging) economy. Our comparative approach allows us to challenge the “traditional” assumptions about SMEs’ sustainability antecedents, by showing the key role of different forms of social embeddedness.
社会嵌入性对中小企业积极主动的环境可持续性的影响:意大利与俄罗斯之间的比较
目的 本文分析了可持续性的社会嵌入前因,并比较了俄罗斯和意大利两种不同环境下的结果。具体而言,本文确定了哪些形式的嵌入(网络、家庭和虚拟)与中小企业积极主动的环境可持续性相关。鉴于因变量 "积极主动的环境可持续性 "的二分性质,研究采用了二元逻辑回归法,并对俄罗斯和意大利的数据进行了回归模型检验。研究结果网络嵌入性对意大利中小企业积极主动的环境可持续性有积极影响,但对俄罗斯的影响不大。价值链环境压力对俄罗斯和意大利中小企业积极主动的环境可持续性有积极影响。在俄罗斯,网络嵌入性对价值链环境压力和主动的可持续发展之间的关系有负面调节作用,但在意大利却没有。在俄罗斯,虚拟嵌入性对中小企业的主动环境可持续发展实践有积极影响,但在意大利却没有;在意大利,家庭嵌入性对中小企业的主动环境可持续发展实践有积极影响,但在俄罗斯却没有。 原创性/价值我们运用社会嵌入性理论来确定,在发达经济体和转型(新兴)经济体这两个截然不同的国家背景下,某些形式的嵌入性在多大程度上有助于中小企业的主动环境可持续发展。我们的比较方法通过显示不同形式的社会嵌入性的关键作用,挑战了有关中小企业可持续性先决条件的 "传统 "假设。
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