Browsing Mechanical Engineering by Author "O'Dowd, Paul"
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Business sustainability methodology for European manufacturing SMEs
Dimache, Aurora; Mitchell, Sinéad; O'Dowd, Paul (IST Press, 2011-06-28)SMEs find it difficult to deal with environmental issues due mainly to their limited resources in terms of money, people and time. Our research also identified other barriers to engaging SMEs in environmental improvement ... -
Environmental challenges and opportunities for European manufacturing SMEs
Mitchell, Sinéad; O'Dowd, Paul; Dimache, Aurora (International Manufacturing Conference 27, 2010-09-01)Many owner/managers of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) do not believe that their business operations have a negative impact on the environment. However, cumulatively their effect is considerable; the SME sector is ... -
The issue of waste in European manufacturing SMEs
Mitchell, Sinéad; Dimache, Aurora; O'Dowd, Paul (CISA Publisher, 2011-10-03)[No abstract available] -
Manufacturing SMEs doing it for themselves: developing, testing and piloting an online sustainability and eco-innovation toolkit for SMEs
Mitchell, Sinéad; O'Dowd, Paul; Dimache, Aurora (Taylor & Francis, 2019-11-07)Public discourse frequently cites the damaging activities of large organisations on global environmental issues, but smaller organisations are rarely, if ever, featured. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) make up 99% of ...