Keywords
entrepreneur
sustainable development
small and medium enterprises
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Abstract
This research presents the current state of sustainable business development practices of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Guadalajara metropolitan Area (GMA), located in the State of Jalisco, Mexico. This work is based on the international project called: International survey on corporate social responsibility and sustainable development in SMEs, promoted by LABEX in Montpellier, France. More than 400 surveys from a common questionnaire were distributed to entrepreneurs from the municipalities located in the conurbation of GMA. The initial findings, based on descriptive statistical analysis, show that 50% of the SMEs don’t implement sustainability practices in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Entrepreneurial orientation practices stand out in the economic sphere, in the external social sphere, the activities related to the community in which they are located, in the internal social sphere, the activities that involve their employees in decision making, and in the environment field with the use of alternative energies. In the end, the main causes of these practices’ absence and some tips to achieve them are presented in this paper.
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