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Resolve the tensions of sustainability in small businesses: when the management of paradoxes becomes difficult to sustain
[Resolver las tensiones de la sostenibilidad en las pequeñas empresas: cuando la gestión paradójica se vuelve difícil de mantener]

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  • Maël Sommer

    (LGCO - Laboratoire Gouvernance et Contrôle Organisationnel - UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT - Université de Toulouse, IUT Paul Sabatier - Institut Universitaire de Technologie - Paul Sabatier - UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT - Université de Toulouse)

Abstract

This research uses the strategic literature on paradoxes to analyze the problems associated with the management of sustainability tensions in small business. For this purpose, a qualitative study is conducted with small businesses in a sector with strong societal responsibility (agriculture), voluntarily committed to a process of improving their sustainability (ISO 14001). Thus, three types of paradoxical tensions are identified and characterized, highlighting the persistent problems of responsible action. Then, the results show how a constructive and virtuous resolution of these tensions can be difficult to maintain in a small business.

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  • Maël Sommer, 2022. "Resolve the tensions of sustainability in small businesses: when the management of paradoxes becomes difficult to sustain [Resolver las tensiones de la sostenibilidad en las pequeñas empresas: cuan," Post-Print hal-03791138, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03791138
    DOI: 10.7202/1088331ar
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