Institutional Barriers and Facilitators of Sustainability for Indonesian Batik SMEs: A Policy Agenda
| Autor: | Arien Arianti Gunawan, Jose Bloemer, Allard C. R. van Riel, Caroline Essers |
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| Přispěvatelé: | GUNAWAN, Arien, Essers, Caroline, Bloemer, Jose, VAN RIEL, Allard |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Science & Technology
JARUM VILLAGE Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Geography Planning and Development Environmental Studies batik industry policy recommendations sustainable entrepreneurship female entrepreneurs Environmental Sciences & Ecology Building and Construction Management Monitoring Policy and Law ENTREPRENEURSHIP DRIVERS IMPLEMENTATION Science & Technology - Other Topics Green & Sustainable Science & Technology Institute for Management Research Life Sciences & Biomedicine Environmental Sciences |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, 14, 14 Sustainability; Volume 14; Issue 14; Pages: 8772 Sustainability, 14 |
| ISSN: | 2014-0622 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | The implementation of sustainability-oriented practices in small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been discussed frequently over the years. Recent studies on sustainability have focused mainly on links between ecological and economic sustainability. This exploratory study aims to explore institutional barriers and facilitators regarding the implementation of sustainability-oriented practices in the Indonesian batik industry and to provide policy recommendations. The Indonesian batik industry is well-known for its cultural heritage and for being part of the Indonesian identity. Batik products are mostly hand-crafted by women crafters. The study used in-depth insights from two focus groups conducted with entrepreneurs active in the batik industry, while also building on earlier empirical insights. The lack of customer knowledge and socio-cultural and regulatory factors were found to be barriers to sustainability in batik SMEs. Ecological, technological, socio-cultural, and political factors were found to facilitate achieving sustainability objectives. This study contributes to the sustainable entrepreneurship and women entrepreneurship literature by considering facilitators and barriers as they are experienced by batik entrepreneurs and by furthering the conceptualization of sustainable entrepreneurs as either "committed" or "followers". This article was funded by the Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) from the Ministry of Finance, Republic of Indonesia (grant number: 20140622100990). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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