Systemic sustainability analysis in small and medium-sized enterprises (Smes)

Lucia Pascarella; Peter Bednar

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-47539-0_18

Systemic sustainability analysis in small and medium-sized enterprises (Smes)

Lucia Pascarella^*, Peter Bednar

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Computing

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Abstract

Sustainability is rarely implemented in employee work practices in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The authors note that SMEs should implement sustainability practices as integrated part of work activities to ensure long term success. This paper describes an empirical study of SMEs sustainability on employee real work practices. A relevant perspective is offered by the triple bottom line approach (TBL) combined with sociotechnical theory. The attention to creating value for the future could lead to fewer sustainability issues. Furthermore, the analysis highlights the importance of the best use an employee knowledge and skills to ensure his satisfaction. The main issue that hinders the improvement of sustainability could be a lack of management attention to systemic integration of employee work practices. The authors argue to integrate technology and systemic perspective in TBL approach to achieve sustainability from sociotechnical perspective. The analysis aims to support enterprises to remain competitive in evolving contexts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Digital Transformation and Human Behavior- Innovation for People and Organisations
Editors	Concetta Metallo, Maria Ferrara, Alessandra Lazazzara, Stefano Za
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	263-280
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030475390
ISBN (Print)	9783030475383
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47539-0_18
Publication status	Published - 3 Nov 2020
Event	Annual Conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS , 2019 - Naples, Italy Duration: 27 Sept 2019 → 28 Sept 2019

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation
Volume	37
ISSN (Print)	2195-4968
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-4976

Conference

Conference	Annual Conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS , 2019
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Naples
Period	27/09/19 → 28/09/19

Keywords

Contextual analysis
Sociotechnical approach
Systemic sustainability
Triple bottom line
Work practices

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Pascarella, L., & Bednar, P. (2020). Systemic sustainability analysis in small and medium-sized enterprises (Smes). In C. Metallo, M. Ferrara, A. Lazazzara, & S. Za (Eds.), Digital Transformation and Human Behavior- Innovation for People and Organisations (pp. 263-280). (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation; Vol. 37). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47539-0_18

Pascarella, Lucia ; Bednar, Peter. / Systemic sustainability analysis in small and medium-sized enterprises (Smes). Digital Transformation and Human Behavior- Innovation for People and Organisations. editor / Concetta Metallo ; Maria Ferrara ; Alessandra Lazazzara ; Stefano Za. Springer Nature, 2020. pp. 263-280 (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation).

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Pascarella, L & Bednar, P 2020, Systemic sustainability analysis in small and medium-sized enterprises (Smes). in C Metallo, M Ferrara, A Lazazzara & S Za (eds), Digital Transformation and Human Behavior- Innovation for People and Organisations. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation, vol. 37, Springer Nature, pp. 263-280, Annual Conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS , 2019, Naples, Italy, 27/09/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47539-0_18

Systemic sustainability analysis in small and medium-sized enterprises (Smes). / Pascarella, Lucia; Bednar, Peter.
Digital Transformation and Human Behavior- Innovation for People and Organisations. ed. / Concetta Metallo; Maria Ferrara; Alessandra Lazazzara; Stefano Za. Springer Nature, 2020. p. 263-280 (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation; Vol. 37).

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