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Adoption of Green Practices by Indian SMEs

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The objective of the study was to address, in particular, the top management position of the MNCs and the need to gain a competitive advantage could be included in environmental policy decision-making processes. 119 Indian SMEs have recently been investigated in this study. Based on a green approach and a non-green approach, the companies surveyed were divided into two categories. To define the variables that distinguish between these companies, single variance analysis and a progressively discriminatory analysis were used. The results show that the comprehensive preparation of green practices is a critical factor in the differentiation between two business groups by combining the importance of formulating and implementing green practices.

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  1. Department of Management, Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Trilok Pratap Singh

  2. Institute of Business Management, GLA University, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, India

    Utkal Khandelwal

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  1. National Institute of Technology, Patna, Bihar, India

    Ambrish Maurya

  2. National Institute of Technology, Patna, Bihar, India

    Anmesh Kumar Srivastava

  3. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

    Pradeep Kumar Jha

  4. National Institute of Technology, Patna, Bihar, India

    Shailesh Mani Pandey

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Singh, T.P., Khandelwal, U. (2023). Adoption of Green Practices by Indian SMEs. In: Maurya, A., Srivastava, A.K., Jha, P.K., Pandey, S.M. (eds) Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7709-1_76

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