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Entrepreneurial Profile and Environmental Commitment of SMEs: A Comparative Analysis in Franceand in Tunisia

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  • Jouhaina Gherib

    (ISCAE - Institut Supérieur de Comptabilité et d'Administration des Entreprises)

  • Sandrine Berger-Douce

    (EPICE-ENSMSE - Département Etudes sur la performance, l'Innovation et le Changement en Entreprise - Mines Saint-Étienne MSE - École des Mines de Saint-Étienne - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] - Institut Henri Fayol, Mines Saint-Étienne MSE - École des Mines de Saint-Étienne - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris], FAYOL-ENSMSE - Institut Henri Fayol - Mines Saint-Étienne MSE - École des Mines de Saint-Étienne - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris])

Abstract

A pillar of sustainable development (SD), environmental commitment is the subject of many academic studies often devoted to large enterprises located in developed countries. This article analyzes the environmental commitment of SMEs in terms of public policies in favor of SD in two national contexts, namely France and Tunisia, based on a frame of reference of entrepreneurs' profile. The deductive qualitative methodological approach is essentially based on analysis of interviews conducted in twelve SMEs in each country. The results show that the environmental commitment of SMEs and their motivations are influenced by the managers' entrepreneurial characteristics as well as their education level, degree of innovation and integration in social networks. The comparative analysis shows convergence and divergence between the French and Tunisian contexts, particularly because of public policy, a mirror image of national cultures.

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  • Jouhaina Gherib & Sandrine Berger-Douce, 2012. "Entrepreneurial Profile and Environmental Commitment of SMEs: A Comparative Analysis in Franceand in Tunisia," Post-Print emse-00712826, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:emse-00712826
    DOI: 10.5539/ibr.v5n7p1
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    1. B. Thareau & N. Seyni & T. Coisnon & P. Dupraz, 2023. "Designing carbon markets connecting farmers and companies: stakeholders claiming territorial-based devices to promote synergies between diverse environmental challenges," Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, Springer, vol. 104(2), pages 167-191, June.
    2. Villegas Pinuer, Francisco & Valenzuela Fernández, Leslier & Llonch Andreu, Joan & López Belbeze, Pilar, 2022. "Environmental sustainability and their factors in SMEs: A multiple case study of Spain and Chile," Cuadernos de Gestión, Universidad del País Vasco - Instituto de Economía Aplicada a la Empresa (IEAE).
    3. Jamal Baz & Issam Laguir & Magalie Marais & Raffaele Staglianò, 2016. "Influence of National Institutions on the Corporate Social Responsibility Practices of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Food-processing Industry: Differences Between France and Morocco," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 134(1), pages 117-133, March.

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