Sustainability and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Lessons from Mixed Methods Research
Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Editors -- List of Contributors -- Part A: Sustainability, SMEs and mixed methods -- 1. Key roots and approaches to sustainability -- 1.1. Introduction: The roots and meaning of sustainable development -- 1.2. Critique and developments -- 1.3. Transformative approaches to sustainability -- 1.4. Reimagining sustainability -- 1.5. Business and sustainability -- 1.6. Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 2. Research on small and medium-sized enterprises and sustainability -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. SMEs and sustainability -- 2.3. Environmental responsibility and SMEs -- 2.4. Barriers to environmental improvement in the SME sector -- 2.5. Discussion and conclusion -- References -- 3. Mapping the existing methodological SME and sustainability landscape -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Methodological review of SME and Environment research -- 3.3. Publication trends in SMEs and Environment -- 3.4. Geographical mixed method developments -- 3.5. Discussion and conclusion -- References -- 3.6 Appendices -- Part B: Mixed methods in sustainability SME research: A global outlook -- 4. Mixed methods research and environmental management: A reflective perspective of a research group and some lessons from experience -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Discovering the usefulness of combining quantitative and qualitative methods -- 4.3. Research questions and methodological choices in environmental management research -- 4.4. The research methods we know may determine the research questions we ask -- 4.5. A deliberate and planned combination of quantitative and qualitative methods in environmental management -- 4.6. Discovering mixed methods research literature.