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Sustainability-driven entrepreneurship and high-growth SME: How to combine Davids’ and Goliaths’ worlds?

Bérard, Céline and Saleilles, Séverine (2016) Sustainability-driven entrepreneurship and high-growth SME: How to combine Davids’ and Goliaths’ worlds? International Journal of Organisational Design and Engineering, pp. 195-212.

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Summary

This paper aims to explore how sustainability-driven SMEs experiencing high growth can succeed in combining the best of the Davids’ and Goliaths’ worlds. An in-depth case study was conducted within a French SME, a pioneer in organic vegetable distribution that has succeeded in evolving from an ‘idealistic David’ to a ‘high-growth David’. Research findings reveal two sets of key actions successfully carried out by this firm: the development of a hybrid organisation through a staff representing the skills of both Davids’ and Goliaths’ worlds, and of a learning organisation through exploration and exploitation. They also illustrate some challenges facing most high-growth SMEs and identify some specific tensions that can arise due to the coexistence of these two worlds, in particular value diversity within the top management team.


EPrint Type:Journal paper
Keywords:sustainability-driven entrepreneurship (en), high-growth SME (en), hybrid organisation (en), learning organisation (en), organic market (en), case study (en), high-growth SME (en), hybrid organisation (en), learning organisation (en), organic market (en), case study (en)
Subjects:"Organics" in general
Research affiliation: France > INRAe - Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement
ISSN:ISSN: 1758-9797
Related Links:https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01459141/document
Project ID:HAL-INRAe
Deposited By: PENVERN, Servane
ID Code:41411
Deposited On:12 Aug 2021 10:37
Last Modified:12 Aug 2021 10:37
Document Language:English

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