Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse and compare how austerity has influenced online sustainability … disclosed on local government (LG) websites. The research has been conducted by analysing the websites of all Italian and …

supply chain research at the country‐level, data were obtained from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund databases … for different regions. Research limitations/implications – Panel data rather than longitudinal data were used to draw the … the research from the usual country clustering approaches. It also contributes to the understanding of differences between …

, and shareholders are increasingly scrutinizing firms’ sustainability disclosures in their assessment of management quality …

the sustainability of firm performance. The paper argues that pursuing a differentiation strategy leads to more … be associated with greater risk. Design/methodology/approach – To investigate the research questions, the authors utilize … subsequently used in regression analysis to investigate the sustainability of performance based on the strategic positioning of …

development. Furthermore, they are strongly interrelated. Research limitations/implications – Given their inherent creative nature …, a creativity perspective is useful for examining opportunities. Additionally, the findings suggest that future research …

this fragile relationship between operations skills and SMME sustainability. It also aims to conduct empirical … literature on SMME sustainability and operations skills, various measures are developed and tested for reliability and validity … show links with business sustainability. The hypothesis is supported where significant correlations reveal that several …

in initiating sustainability reporting, proposing a “general” process for identifying a standard set of key … sustainability indicators, that is specifically tailored on SMEs characteristics. Design/methodology/approach – The paper moves from … the analysis of the existing international frameworks for sustainability reporting, and it discusses the main motivations …

Ireland, and assesses the validity of the business support provided to Dublin based craft practitioners. This research aimed … programs. This research enquires into what support practitioners have participated in and the perceived relevance to their …/methodology/approach – This paper is based on a mix of quantitative and qualitative research using surveys and interviews. Findings – The research …

business resilience and sustainability. Design/methodology/approach – This is an ethnographic case study that utilised an …. Research limitations/implications – The limitations of this study relate to the fact that the sample population is small so … socially deprived rural locations. Future research could focus on replicating the designed OD/L programme, or aspects of it …