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Title	Small and medium size firm's marketing competitive advantage and environmental initiatives in the Middle East
ID_Doc	77532
Authors	D'Souza, C; Taghian, M
Title	Small and medium size firm's marketing competitive advantage and environmental initiatives in the Middle East
Year	2018
Published	Journal Of Strategic Marketing, 26, 7
Abstract	The paper explores Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia within the context of environmental sustainability. The objective of the study is to examine whether SME's sustainable marketing competitive advantage through environmental initiatives can positively associate to a firm's environmental (green) best practices and stakeholder influences; similarly, it also identifies if best practices mediate environmental costs and competitive advantage. A sample of 181 responses are obtained and are analysed using factor analysis, multiple regression and their interaction effects. The findings show that the association between firms that have competitive advantage due to environmental initiatives were found to be significant for best practices and indirect stakeholder influences. Furthermore, the results identified that by using environmental best practices, SMEs can lower their environmental costs to gain marketing competitive advantage. These findings highlight the function of environmentalism and how it can influence practitioners.
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