This article examines internal organizational factors and external antecedents of sustainable value creation by small medium enterprises (SMEs) and constructs a framework that integrates, at both levels, the theories of psychological distance and construal level from the field of psychology. This research provides an explanation as to why sustainable value creation remains a complex issue, and why many SMEs' engage with sustainable value creation to varying degrees. This paper particularly highlights how owner/managers of SME may construe different dimensions of psychological distance and apply their understanding to their response to different antecedents of sustainable value creation. Finally, by adopting the psychological distance perspective, this paper highlights the conditions under which internal and external organizational and factors can affect SMEs' propensity to create sustainable value. It further concludes by highlighting areas for further research.

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中小企业可持续价值创造的心理距离和建设水平观点

本文考察小号内部组织因素和中小型企业（SME）可持续创造价值的外部先决条件，并构建了一个框架，该框架在两个层次上都整合了心理学领域的心理距离和建构水平的理论。这项研究解释了为什么可持续价值创造仍然是一个复杂的问题，以及为什么许多中小企业在不同程度上参与可持续价值创造。本文特别强调了中小企业所有者/经理如何解释心理距离的不同维度，并将其理解应用于他们对可持续价值创造的不同前提的反应。最后，本文采用心理距离的观点，着重指出了内部和外部组织及因素影响中小企业成长的条件。创造可持续价值的倾向。通过强调需要进一步研究的领域进一步总结了这一点。