Browsing Mechanical Engineering (Conference Papers) by Author "http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100011102"

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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 ...