The purpose of this paper is to do a thorough literature review to assess the current status of corporate sustainability practices, issues and challenges in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and, based on literature, suggest a model that can improve and strategically manage their sustainability practices in the emerging market context of Asia.,The authors did a meta-analysis of the reviewed literature taken from peer-reviewed scholarly journals in the time frame of 1985-2016. Methodology used by the authors is through preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis.,Corporate sustainability is a well-practiced area in big organisations. However, literature suggests that in case of SMEs, the situation is different. Social and environmental practices are grossly neglected in SMEs, more specifically in emerging markets. Existing literature mentions that collaborative mode of operation, government policy and facilitation and supporting organisation culture can positively influence SME’s sustainability performance and hence improve their financial performance.,Most of the papers in corporate sustainability literature are qualitative in nature and there is no empirical evidence of establishing this relationship in SME context. This paper tries to conceptualise the existence of a possible framework relating factors of sustainability and their role in improving business performance of the SMEs. However, the findings are purely literature-based and piloting of the questionnaire is also done on 20 SMEs in a specific geography. This is a very small and also a biased sample. Future research studies based on this paper are expected to verify the proposed relationship with larger data set catering to different industry clusters and countries.,The proposed model is only directional in nature. With the content analysis, the authors have tried to answer the research questions relating to factors of sustainability and its impact on business performance. To address the research questions in a more generalised way, an empirical research needs to be conducted to establish the research propositions. The proposed model needs to be validated and optimised with further research and data analysis. Once such a model is established, this can be proved beneficial for providing guidance to SMEs to enhance the sustainability of their business operations.,The SME sector has made a significant contribution to the economic development in countries, and this sector has huge potential for growth, and their geographic spread and penetration is much higher than large organisations. Sustainable growth of this industry sector can reasonably be expected to lead to stable and sustainable development of the nation. Moreover, environmental and social best practices adopted by SMEs will also have a positive influence on society and environment in the long run.,This paper had done a geography wise analysis of sustainable practices in SMEs, and based on the recommendations and suggestions of different analyses, the authors developed few research propositions and also presented a conceptual model. Finally, to address the gap, it mentions some future research possibilities to test and validate the proposed model in the context of SMEs in emerging markets of Asia.

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中小企业的企业可持续性：文献分析和未来之路

本文的目的是进行全面的文献综述，以评估中小企业可持续发展实践，问题和挑战的现状，并根据文献提出一种可以改进和战略管理的模型他们在亚洲新兴市场环境下的可持续发展实践。，作者对1985-2016年期间来自同行评审的学术期刊的评审文献进行了荟萃分析。作者使用的方法是通过偏好的报告项目进行系统的评论和荟萃分析。企业的可持续性在大型组织中是一个实践良好的领域。但是，文献表明，对于中小企业而言，情况有所不同。中小企业，特别是新兴市场中，社会和环境实践被严重忽视。现有文献提到，合作的运作方式，政府政策和便利化以及支持组织文化可以对中小企业的可持续发展绩效产生积极影响，从而改善其财务绩效。企业可持续发展文献中的大多数论文本质上是定性的，没有任何实证证据表明在中小企业环境中建立这种关系。本文试图将可能存在的可持续性因素及其在改善中小企业业务绩效中的作用相关的框架概念化。但是，调查结果完全基于文献，并且还针对特定地理位置的20家中小型企业进行了问卷调查。这是一个很小的样本，也是一个有偏见的样本。预期基于本文的未来研究将验证所提出的与更大数据集的关系，以适应不同的产业集群和国家。所提出的模型本质上是定向的。通过内容分析，作者试图回答与可持续性因素及其对业务绩效的影响有关的研究问题。为了以更笼统的方式解决研究问题，需要进行实证研究以确立研究命题。建议的模型需要通过进一步的研究和数据分析进行验证和优化。一旦建立了这样的模型，就可以证明这对为中小企业提供指导以增强其业务运营的可持续性是有益的。中小企业部门为各国的经济发展做出了重大贡献，该部门具有巨大的增长潜力，其地理分布和渗透率远高于大型组织。可以合理地预期该工业部门的可持续增长将导致国家的稳定和可持续发展。而且，从长远来看，中小企业采用的环境和社会最佳实践也将对社会和环境产生积极的影响。本文对中小企业的可持续实践进行了地理明智的分析，并根据不同分析的建议和建议，作者提出了一些研究命题，并提出了一个概念模型。最后，要弥补差距，